Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy
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title:
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy
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In 1948, on the initiative of Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, the Chilean National Congress enacted the Permanent Defense of Democracy Law, referred to by many as the Damned Law, which outlawed the Communist Party of Chile and banned 26,650 persons from the electoral lists. The law banned the expression of ideas which appeared to advocate "the implantation in the republic of a regime opposed to democracy or which attack the sovereignty of the country." The detention center in Pisagua,
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1948 Chilean law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Permanent_Defense_of_Democracy
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2023-08-06T18:13:13Z
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