Solidarity Movement with Chile power to the regime to control media and restrict free speech. It became illegal to "publicly slander, libel, or offend the president of the Republic or any other high-level government, military, and police officials." The threat to free speech restricted the oppositional movement to Pinochet within Chile, and affected the solidarity movement's access to information within Chile. Short wave radio helped to spread information in the international arena. Radio Moscow produced daily segments about Chile, "mostly speeches and commentaries because [they] didn't have much information." They also reported on friends' and families' testimonies from within Chile. From 1974-1975 Radio Moscow
Government Junta of Chile (1932) Government Junta of Chile (1932) Government Junta of Chile (June 4, 1932 - July 8, 1932) (also known as the "Government Junta of Socialist Republic" or "Socialist Junta"), was a political structure established during the anarchy (1931 - 1932) that followed the resignation of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. The Socialist Republic of Chile ended with the election of Arturo Alessandri as new president of Chile. On July 26, 1931, President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo resigned, following the economic crisis caused by the market crash of 1929. The office was assumed by the president of the Senate, Pedro Opazo Letelier,