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''APSI'' (an abbreviation of "Agencia Publicitaria de Servicios Informativos") was a Chilean magazine aimed as means of
political opposition In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed, primarily ideologically, to the government (or, in American English, the administration), party or group in political control of ...
to the
Pinochet dictatorship Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean Captain general#Chile, general who ruled Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990), Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Gover ...
. It was headquartered in Santiago.


History

One of the tactics of the dictatorship was to isolate the public from international news and outside influences in order to maintain its stranglehold on information. Following the 1975 shutdown of the human rights organization in response to a political offensive by the Pinochet regime, Precht, then Vicar, allowed the ex-employees to issue grant requests to European commissions. One of the European applications was a project to create a news agency about international news. This request by Arturo Navarro, an ex-Comité employee, resulted in a grant of seven thousand dollars, and APSI was born. ''APSI'' was published on a weekly basis. Due to the climate of censorship in Chile the magazine focused initially on international news. ''APSI'' was published with support of the
Popular Unitary Action Movement The Popular Unitary Action Movement or MAPU ( es, Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario) was a small leftist political party in Chile. It was part of the Popular Unity coalition during the government of Salvador Allende. MAPU was repressed du ...
until late 1978. In 1979 the magazine began reporting on local issues including the numerous human rights violations of the dictatorship.


See also

* Book burnings in Chile *
Guillo Guillo is the pen name of the graphical satirist Guillermo Bastías. He published drawings in ''APSI'' in the 1980s. On one occasion picture of dictator Pinochet posing as Louis XIV led the whole staff of ''APSI'' to be imprisoned and the newspapet ...
*
Human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile Human rights abuses in Chile under Augusto Pinochet were the crimes against humanity, persecution of opponents, political repression, and state terrorism committed by the Chilean Armed Forces, members of Carabineros de Chile and civil repressive ...


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