En 1970, Salvador Allende Gossens est élu à la présidence du Chili. Il représente un espoir. Le film montre cet espoir et l'acharnement d'Allende à conquérir les cœurs des chiliens. Il montre l'implication de Richard Nixon dans le coup d'État et le rôle de la CIA...
In 1976, during the political turmoil in Argentina, two sisters flee their country right after Natalia's politically active boyfriend Martin disappeares; one goes to Spain, and the other to Texas, United States.
Memoria d'un saccage nous plonge dans la période qu'a connue l'Argentine depuis la dictature militaire de 1976, jusqu'aux révoltes des 19 et 20 décembre 2001.
Journalism students start an investigation about the editorial line of El Mercurio S.A.P., a media corporation owned by Agustín Edwards Eastman that publishes Chilean daily newspapers El Mercurio, La Segunda, and Las Últimas Noticias.
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état resulted in President Salvador Allende being overthrown and Augusto Pinochet coming to power in Chile. This film tells the story of the former members of Allende's cabinet, who were arrested and incarcerated in a political prison, specially designed as a concentration camp on Dawson Island, Tierra del Fuego. The camp had been used in the early 20th century to house Selk'nam and other indigenous peoples, moving them from the main island to end their interference with the large sheep ranches that had been established, as they persisted in hunting in their former territories.
Segismundo (Tony Ramos) is a former political police officer of Getúlio Vargas' government, who used to torture prisoners. In April 1945, he is the chief of the Immigration Office in Rio de Janeiro and, therefore, is in charge of preventing the entry of Nazis. Then, the Polish Clausewitz (Dan Stulbach) must convince him that he is a victim in order to gain access to the country.
À Santiago du Chili, en septembre 1973, Mario, fonctionnaire à l'Institut médico-légal, la quarantaine environ, retranscrit des rapports d'autopsie. Sa seule passion c'est Nancy, sa voisine du trottoir d'en face qu'il ne cesse d'admirer. Celle-ci est une danseuse de cabaret, vivant chez ses parents et refusant d'admettre son âge. Elle ignore l'existence même de Mario. Ils parviennent cependant à lier connaissance, mais les événements politiques - le coup d'État militaire d'Augusto Pinochet - interrompent brutalement cette aventure. Un matin, au réveil, Mario trouve l'appartement de Nancy abandonné et saccagé. À la morgue où travaille Mario, les cadavres s'entassent, y compris celui du Président de la République, Salvador Allende.
The film focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters came to represent the greatest threat to dictator Rafael Trujillo and his regime. The Mirabal sisters were involved in an underground movement against the government. They were assassinated in 1960 by men under the instruction of the Trujillo regime according to Pupo Roman, although their death was made to appear as an automobile accident. Many citizens were outraged and a few months later Trujillo was assassinated by an ambush led by Antonio de La Maza, who was played by actor Cesar Evora.
Argentine, années 1970. Une fille de sept ans, Cecilia, et sa mère sont contraintes de vivre à l'écart du monde dans une modeste cabane au bord de l'océan, à San Clemente del Tuyú , dans la Province de Buenos Aires.
The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état (Portuguese: Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964 or, more colloquially, Golpe de 64) on March 31, 1964, culminated in the overthrow of Brazilian elected President João Goulart by the Armed Forces. On April 1, 1964, the United States expressed its support to the new military regime.