11 September 2015 - 05:18 PM
After Chile's 9/11, Soccer Stadiums Were Torture Chambers
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Sept. 11, 1973, marks the date when the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown, starting 17 terrifying years, when 3,200 people, probably more, were killed or "disappeared," and 28,000 were tortured by the U.S.-and U.K.-backed regime.

After Chile's 9/11, Soccer Stadiums Were Torture Chambers

Many of those atrocities took place in three of the stadiums that were used this year for the Copa America. In Valparaiso, Santiago and Concepcion, many fans, players and victims took a second to remember what those buildings represent.

Those revered dressing rooms, less than half a century ago were torture chambers, where men were sent for beatings, electric shocks, sexual assaults; to die. The very same stadiums that bring glory or disappointment to the region's top sportsmen were where 40,000 political prisoners were taken during Gen. Pinochet’s dictatorship.

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