La Démocratie chrétienne au Chili. Les raisons d’un échec

Abstract

The Christian Democracy in Chile is of European inspiration, but differs from it by a very Latin American, anti-imperialist, revolutionary and at the same time very anti-communist content. It has narrow links with a Church which marks strongly the society and which, in the 60s, opens in the modernity and in the social question. It shows itself attached to the homeland and it puts on lower classes and on women. Eduardo Frei is elected in 1964 thanks to the support of the United States, Germany, Belgium and Vatican. He begins reforms, then gets closer to the capitalism and evolves towards a harder policy. In the opposition in 1970, the Christian Democracy eventually supports the coup d'état of 1973. This evolution explains by its contradictions and its internal divisions, as well as by the inexperience of the power.

Keywords

• Christian Democrat Party
• Frei Montalva (Eduardo)