Chilean Media Mogul Expelled From Journalists Association [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Chilean Media Mogul Expelled From Journalists Association
Published 21 April 2015


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Agustin Edwards gives a speech to the Horse Breeders Association of Chile | Photo: Las Condes Municipality
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Agustin Edwards, owner of the largest newspaper in the country actively helped the far-right military dictatorship.

Chile's National Journalists Association announced Tuesday it would expel Agustin Edwards Eastman, president and owner of El Mercurio, the country's largest newspaper.

The decision was ratified by the association's President Javiera Olivares, who described it as “historic” and is based on the businessman's role before and during the military dictatorship in Chile that extended from 1973 to 1989.

Edwards and his newspaper received money from the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to promote the 1973 coup against democratically elected President Salvador Allende.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Chilean-Media-Mogul-Expelled-From-Journalists-Association-20150421-0032.html

About time, wouldn't you say?