World Briefing: Americas
CHILE: POWELL COMMENT ON COUP WELCOMED The government has said it is pleased that the United States "now considers it was an error" to have supported the military coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende, a Socialist, on Sept. 11, 1973. In an interview last week, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said that encouraging the coup that brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power for 17 years was "not a part of American history we are proud of." Chile is a member of the United Nations Security Council and the Bush administration is trying to win the support of the country's current Socialist government for a new resolution against Iraq. Larry Rohter (NYT)