El Diario de Agustín (Agustin’s Newspaper)
80mins, 2008, Ignacio Aguero
A group of students at the University of Chile investigate how Chile’s most influential newspaper El Mercurio and its owner, media mogul Agustín Edwards, colluded to overthrow the Salvador Allende government and then manipulated information to hide human rights violations carried out during Pinochet’s dictatorship. ‘Agustin’s Newspaper’ is the first film that dares to touch upon the power of El Mercurio and Agustín Edwards and exposes their relationship with the US government.
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Pinochet’s Press Gang (Nick MacWilliam/Alborada Magazine)
