Towards the Centenary of the Great Workers’ Massacres in Tarapacá – Rebelion

Next June marks the centenary of one of the greatest mass crimes in our history which remain unknown to the generality of the Chileans. These are several massacres carried out by the Army in various salitrera offices in the province of Tarapacá in early June 1925. They were carried out during the first government of Arturo Alessandri, once he returned from his first exile and when - between March and September of that year - he ruled as virtual …