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Paz, Pan y Libertad/Bread, Peace and Liberty
Publisher: CANEC, Don Mills, CanadaYear Published: 1979 Pages: 84 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX1014 The report of the Canadian delegation to Chile on the occasion of the International Symposium on Human Rights in Santiago, Chile (November 1978) contains the statement of the five-member church delegation and extensive appendices on human rights, economic structures and Canada-Chile relations. Abstract: The report of the Canadian delegation to Chile on the occasion of the International Symposium on Human Rights in Santiago, Chile (November 1978) contains the statement of the five-member church delegation and extensive appendices on human rights, economic structures and Canada-Chile relations. The report was encouraged and assisted by the Task Force on the Churches and Corporate Resonsibility and by the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America. The first part of the document, presented in booklet form with graphs and photographs, outlines the history of Chile's military rule since the overthrow of Salvador Allende in September 1973. It explains the crucial role the Canadian government and Canadian business have played in butressing and stabilizing the repressive regime of Chile. Canadians were the first to go back into chile with major business investments and have offered substantial aid to the government of Chile. The report reaffirms the invitation to Canadians to resists expansion in Chile of Canadian transnationals such as Superior Oil, Noranda Mines and Falconbridge Nickel Mines. The delegation urges opposition to Canadian govenment aid to the Chilean dictatorship through crown agencies such as the Export Devleopment Corporation. The report was released at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto just as the annual shareholders meeting of Noranda Mines was about to begin. Subject Headings |