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Jump To Comment: 3 2 1some of the members of International PEN (women) will commemorate the
work of Patricia Verdugo at the 2008 meeting in Bogota, this is to highlight
her bravery and integrity against the Pinochet regime-
because of the consistent emphasis on the negative and the violent, many
forget the names of those who have fought to expose the regime. Patricia worked
in solidarity with many women's groups ,and women writers wish to
honour her life.
What occurs to writers and readers is why the names of the torturers and abusers
persist and the names of those who have fought them are quietly forgotten?
When we speak of Chile, we should begin to speak of Verdugo and not of
the man whose violence brought down the democratically elected government of
Salvador Allende...
Someday we will teach our kids to forget the names of those who have taken
part in illegal wars/human rights abuses; and remember those who oppose violence instead.
RIP Patricia Verdugo.
(the only reason to remember the name of pinochet is to ensure that his
like is not repeated- tall order)
" Yes, if the tormentor could express himself- then nearly everything
would be gained. only he could fix on a pin this harmful human insect
-only he sees through it. But the Tormentor never speaks, he is the most
laconic being that was ever created. He forces his victims to do the talking,
the wailing, the stammering- he himself is silent- one might think it was stupidity,
but it is not stupidity, one might think that it was contempt for words, but he does
not despise words, he is interested in words. It is perhaps quite simply inability.
He is bound to the action, the victim is bound to the word"
Mirjam Tuominen, 1947. (Survivor of Nazi-ism)
In Memory of Patricia Verdugo (1948-2008) who transcended the role of 'Victim",
prescribed for countless thousands under the rule of Pinochet.
The Puma, in this case referred to the helicopters that went on a death mission to take
out Allende loyalists.
General Arellano Stark , an officer delegate of Pinochet arrived by helicopter in Northern towns
to review and expedite the cases against dissidents, whilst he was doing this officers in his
entourage clandestinely rounded up and executed 75 people.
The book by Verduga deals with the issues surrounding 'The Caravan of Death'. She
undertook in the book to investigate Pinochet's consolidation of power in the direct
aftermath of the coup D'Etat. That book began the series of incidents which led to
the General's arrest in London.
In another article on this newswire: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/80021
there is a photograph of the vigil for Pinochet, with a badly spelt sign calling the man
'inmortal'. Sometimes all that is left after a death is an imagistic or visual
association.Pinochet's name will be forever associated with torture and cruelty.
Verduga's name should be associated with endeavour, integrity and bravery.
RIP