The adoption of 'stolen Chilean children' during the Pinochet dictatorship shakes Sweden

• Elections Chile, polarized one month before the elections and with an 'impeachment' to Piñera

Chilean children had been abandoned by their parents, and their adoption was an act of humanity on Sweden's part.

But the truth was different:

, and taken to the other side of the world for Swedish families to raise them as part of a plan with which the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship sought to improve their image in the world. Exterior.

The story, recently revealed by the Swedish newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter' in an article entitled "Children at all costs", is based on research carried out by

, from the Austral University of Chile, and

, from the University of Barcelona. It details the cases of

in the Pinochet years.

"Chilean boys and girls adopted by Swedish families. Diplomatic proximity in times of Cold War (1973-1990)", is the title of the work, in which it is assured that

". Sweden, ruled for much of that period by the Social Democrat Olof Palme, was a severe critic of the South American dictatorship.

"Investigations by the Chilean Investigative Police regarding the Swedish Adoption Center indicated that professionals from this institution, who worked mainly as social workers, developed the role of

. to act was developed in public hospitals, children's homes, nurseries or in instances of social assistance through the municipalities ", explains the work.

"International literature places Chile as one of the main sending countries of children for transnational adoption during the 1970s and 1980s," he adds. "Based on the revised documentation, it is feasible to conclude that the adoptions of Chilean children by Swedish families are part of a campaign to promote adoption by the military dictatorship, which

and regain international ties ".

The research affirms that nearly 2,000 Chilean children were adopted by Swedes between 1974 and 1990 thanks to the impulse of the "Sweden-Chile Society", an organization led by

, a Swedish far-right politician who wanted his country to have better relations with the Pinochet's regime. The Stockholm Government is currently receiving information from officials who participated in alleged irregularities. And not during the '70s and' 80s, but

Many children arrived in Sweden with documentation explaining that their parents, unable to support them, had decided to give them up for adoption.

The reality was very different and involves children from other countries, such as Colombia and China.

A key person in the plot of the theft of children was, according to the academic work,

, then Minister of Justice of Chile and cousin of Pinochet, who after a visit to Stockholm convinced the regime that the adoptions would improve the image of the dictatorship.

"He quickly realized that adoptions could bring something positive for Chile, both politically and economically," says Alfaro at work, which draws conclusions: the adoptions of children by Swedish families

, behind of a curtain that sought to show them as humanitarian aid, due to the difficult situation of Chilean children affected by malnutrition and high mortality.

The new revelations come in the final stretch towards the first round of the presidential elections in Chile.

And a poll by "Pulso Ciudadano" released this Sunday places

, of the extreme right, leading the vote with 22.2 percent, against 17.4 of

, of the hard left.

, the candidate of the ruling coalition, is diluted in fifth place, and

, of the center-left, does not reach ten percent.

Thus, Chile is on the way to deciding, on December 19, among the most radical alternatives on the political spectrum.

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