SANTIAGO, CHILE: VIOLENCE MARKS A RALLY OF PRO-GOVERNMENT CANDIDATE HERNAN BUCHI IN THE RUN UP TO THURSDAY'S GENERAL ELECTIONS

Record ID: 214880

  • Title: SANTIAGO, CHILE: VIOLENCE MARKS A RALLY OF PRO-GOVERNMENT CANDIDATE HERNAN BUCHI IN THE RUN UP TO THURSDAY'S GENERAL ELECTIONS
  • Date: 12th December 1989
  • Summary: SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 11, 1989) 1. GVS LARGE CROWD AT RALLY WITH BANNERS (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. SV PRO-GOVERNMENT CANDIDATE HERNAN BUCHI 0.18 3. SV BUCHI ADDRESSING CROWD (SPANISH SOT) 0.26 4. SVS CROWD CHEERING AND HOLDING BANNERS (2 SHOTS) 0.29 5. GVS POLICE TAKE UP POSITIONS IN ROAD AS DEMONSTRATORS CHANT (2 SHOTS) 0.39 6. GV PAN POLICE FIRE WATER CANON AT DEMO
  • Embargoed: 27th December 1989 12:00
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  • Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA34NFHW9B3I0LD0AOCPX59DQNM
  • Story Text: SANTIAGO, CHILE

    Campaigning for a successor to military President Augusto Pinochet ended in violence on Monday.

    Thousands of supporters flocked to hear Pinochet's former finance minister, Hernan Buchi, predict a surprise victory and criticise leading opposition candidate, Patricio Aylwin, for accepting support from leftist groups.

    When the rally ended, participants marched towards the Presidential palace.Police halted their progress and dispersed the crowd with water cannon.They also sprayed pro-Aylwin youths who had been taunting the Buchi supporters.

    Pre-election surveys have given Aylwin a 20 percentage point lead over Buchi.Aylwin, christian Democrat leader of a 17-party coalition, held his final rally on Sunday, which was attended by hundreds of thousands of his supporters.

    Presidential and Congressional elections will take place on Thursday.Pinochet's right-wing authoritarian government has ruled since the 1973 bloody coup which ousted Salvador Allende's Socialist government.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - JEAN JACQUES FERON</strong>
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