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CHRONOLOGY - 1981
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MARCH 12, 1981
Pinochet takes possession of the La
Moneda presidential palace upon completion of the repairs and
renovations that were undertaken due to the destruction caused by bombing
eight years earlier during the military coup. The day before, Pinochet had
been sworn in as "president" for another eight years. Until then, the
junta had ruled from the Diego Portales building in Santiago.
MARCH 28, 1981
Communist Party (PC) leaders declare
their support for "armed struggle' against the regime. The "El
Mercurio" newspaper prints declarations by PC leaders Luis Corvalán and
Volodia Teiltelboim supporting the use of violence to overthrow the
regime. The PC's new "rebellion of the masses" policy is a response to the
constitutional plebiscite, which they consider closes all possibilities of
a quick path to democracy, by institutionalizing the regime for many years
to come.
JULY 15, 1981
Captain Ingrid Olderock survives a
murder attempt by the "Popular Resistance Militia," which accuses her
of training dogs used in torture.
AUGUST 11, 1981
Four opposition leaders are
exiled. The Christian Democrat human rights lawyer Jaime Castillo,
Radical Party leader Orlando Cantuarias, Socialist Party leader Carlos
Briones, and Christian Left party leader Alberto Jerez, are all expelled
from Chile, for having "a defiant attitude that the government will not
tolerate."
SEPTEMBER 11, 1981
The new constitution is enacted.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1981
The regime informs of new armed
confrontations in Neltume, Valdivia, south of Chile, between the MIR
and state agents. The regime says seven "terrorists" die in the latest
shoot-outs, but journalists later maintain that the dead MIR members had
bullet wounds on the back of their heads.
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