Chile Is Tired of So Many Lies

By Rodolfo Varela

More than three decades have passed since the end of the military dictatorship, yet Chile remains trapped in the same political farce. 

Controversy over boxes with bones of missing people

Governments from both the right and the left have taken turns in power, but they have never governed for the people. They governed for themselves, to enrich their pockets, to protect their privileges, and to use the victims of the dictatorship as campaign flags, only to later abandon them.

The miserable pensions that the elderly receive are a national disgrace. They promised dignity, but delivered misery. They promised reparation, but turned pain into profit. And today, more than half a century after the coup, victims are still exploited by unscrupulous politicians seeking votes, not justice.

The people are tired.

Tired of broken promises.

A clear example: neither the right nor the left truly care about the disappeared from the dictatorship. In April 2024, it was confirmed that the Legal Medical Service is holding 1,162 skeletal remains still unidentified, which could include victims of forced disappearances. Yet, governments refuse to order their recognition. Why? What are they afraid of uncovering?

Legal Medical Service

Tired of being manipulated during election seasons, only to be forgotten afterward.
Both the right and the left repeat the same script: promising to improve miserable pensions and settle the historic debt in order to win votes. But once in power, they immediately forget what they swore to deliver.

Tired of discovering new corrupt maneuvers and seeing how no one ever pays for them.
Corruption is everywhere: in public institutions, in Congress, in the Executive branch, in the Armed Forces, and in the police. Everyone knows it, everyone sees it, but no one acts. Why?

There are less than 2,000 mortal remains without identification in the Medical-Legal Institute

This is not about left or right. Corruption has no ideology. It is the common language of those who have governed Chile since the dictatorship.

Chile needs a true politician, a leader who governs for the people and by the people. A leader with integrity and real commitment, who understands that the priority must be decent, hard-working citizens, not criminals.

IML of Minas has 2 thousand remains awaiting identification

What the country demands is clear:

✅ An end to the AFP pension system.
✅ An end to government financing of presidential candidates.
✅ Quality education.
✅ Decent jobs.
✅ Public safety.
✅ Justice without privileges.
✅ Real reparation for the victims of the dictatorship.

Chile cannot endure more falsehood. The patience of the people has run out.

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