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Chile: Socialist Leader Almeyda Released from Prison John Neagle University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository NotiSur Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 10-25-1988 Chile: Socialist Leader Almeyda Released From Prison John Neagle Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/notisur Recommended Citation Neagle, John. "Chile: Socialist Leader Almeyda Released From Prison." (1988). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/notisur/2408 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiSur by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LADB Article Id: 074095 ISSN: 1060-4189 Chile: Socialist Leader Almeyda Released From Prison by John Neagle Category/Department: General Published: Tuesday, October 25, 1988 On Oct. 19, Chilean socialist leader, Clodomiro Almeyda, was released from prison in Santiago, after serving 390 days for reportedly acting as an "apologist for terrorism." At the prison door, he was surrounded by photographers, reporters and hundreds of singing and chanting supporters. Almeyda has served as a rallying point for the opposition since he returned to Chile home from enforced exile by crossing the mountains on a mule. During his stay in prison he directed a faction of the Chilean Socialist Party. Almeyda was released as a result of a decision of the Supreme Court reducing his sentence from 541 days to 390 days. The court decision did not alter the ruling of the constitutional court that deprived him of political rights last year. Based on Article 8 of the constitution, which outlaws activities that advocate violence, a totalitarian state or the class struggle, the ruling prohibited him of the rights to vote, run as a candidate for office, teach in or direct any educational institution, or express his ideas in the news media. Almeyda, a lawyer and former sociology professor, served at different times as Minister of Defense, Minister of the Interior, Foreign Minister and Vice President in the coalition government of Salvador Allende. After Allende was overthrown by the military on Sept. 11, 1973, Almeyda was imprisoned with other high officials on Dawson island in the Strait of Magellan. Later, he was transferred to a prison in Santiago, then sent into exile in 1975. During most of his years in exile, Almeyda lived in East Berlin. In March 1987, Almeyda flew to Lima, Peru, then to San Juan, Argentina, where he began his trip home. He left San Juan by truck and later joined a mule train that crossed a snow-covered mountain pass about 400 miles north of Santiago. He came to Santiago on a public bus and turned himself over to the courts. After three months in an isolated southern village, Almeyda was tried and convicted on charges of propagating violence and of illegal entry to the country. He received a 541-day sentence on each charge. The sentence for illegal entry was suspended. The charge on advocating violence was based on interviews he had given abroad and comments he had made in broadcasts by Radio Moscow in which he justified street protests against the Pinochet regime and said it might be impossible to avoid violence. Last year, Almeyda defended himself before the constitutional court when it took up the request to cancel his political rights for 10 years. He characterized the measure as "civic and political death," and argued that Article 8 violated other sections of the Constitution guaranteeing citizen participation. He also said that he was not an advocate of violence but that his party simply refused to rule it out as a tool to use when nothing else was available. He stated that many other political philosophies throughout the world did the same. (Basic data from New York Times, 10/20/88) -- End -- ©2011 The University of New Mexico, Latin American & Iberian Institute. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 1.
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