Il pleut sur Santiago (It Is Raining on Santiago) Page #3

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once and for all.

Look after the boys, Maria,

and be a brave girl.

"May 14, 1971"

Words alone cannot

express the thanks...

of the workers of this factory

to the Unidad Popular...

for all it has done for us

in the last eight months.

First of all, dignity.

A dignity that we as workers

had been denied...

because our bosses sought

to humiliate and frighten us.

It has brought us nationalization.

The country still needs

much more nationalization...

and there will be much more!

I've just been told

that we have with us today...

a man who is better placed

to tell us about this.

The Minister of Finance,

Comrade Pedro Vuskovic!

I have to warn you,

I'm no orator.

It's better if I talk in figures.

But since the nationalization of copper

is on everybody's mind these days...

I'll try to explain

with the help of a few statistics.

We have in Chile the largest

open-face copper mine in the world.

We also have the largest underground

copper mines in the world.

For 42 years, the United States

has exploited this wealth.

In 42 years...

do you know how much

American companies...

have invested in all these mines?

Twenty million dollars.

In the same period, do you know

how much these same companies...

have exported to the United States...

as profits made in Chile?

$4,200,000,000!

See, comrades?

That's why we nationalized copper.

We are going to go on

nationalizing our industries...

because in almost all sectors,

you find similar statistics.

This is the only way of guaranteeing

that Chile's wealth goes to its people!

But take care, comrades.

You must stay vigilant.

Get ready for a hard fight.

Be ready to see all our initiatives

attacked by the bourgeoisie.

Here's a recent example.

We guarantee a pint of milk a day

for every child in the country.

Some of these children

had never drunk milk at all.

What happened? Rich women

are furious that there's no milk...

for their pastries,

their fancy desserts...

or their beauty creams!

Comrades!

Everywhere you look,

it's the same thing.

It's to stop you that

they've organized the black market.

It's to stop you that

they're hoarding everything.

It's to stop you that

their American friends...

are preparing a boycott

to cripple the economy.

But you can be sure that

the Unidad Popular...

and President Allende...

will fight to the end

against fascism...

until it's crushed

once and for all...

if you are with us.

Our comrades want to see

their minister dance the cueca.

All right.

A tango, if you insist.

Quiet, comrades.

This is a democracy, comrades!

The minister voted for a tango.

That's his right.

"In Today's Chile

All Children Are Entitled To Milk"

My friends, it's already 7:12

on the 11 th of September, 1973...

with spring just around the corner.

I'm sorry to have to tell you

that it's still raining heavily...

on Santiago and Easter Island.

Silence!

Calm down and listen to me.

Silence.

Split into three groups.

The first group barricades

the entrances and passageways.

The second sets up first-aid stations.

The third gathers student records

to destroy them quickly if necessary.

We're going to La Moneda.

We leave in five minutes.

Take whatever you need.

My darling.

How are you, my darling?

I know there isn't much time.

There isn't any time.

I understand.

Darling, please be very careful.

No, I don't want to discourage you,

I would like to give you...

all the courage in the world!

I want you to live!

You must live, you understand?

I only want you...

to do everything you can,

everything possible and honorable...

to come back to me safe,

understand?

I haven't seen you in weeks.

I need you so badly

I can't stand it.

Why?

It's my same old fever: Politics.

It's a lot older than

the class struggle.

After all, Maria, it's a fact.

When you get involved

in this wretched class struggle...

it's also a love story, isn't it?

Yes.

Olivares! The president

wants to see you. Quickly!

Listen.

I'll call you back

when we're done with the fascists.

Maybe not today...

but it'll be soon.

I'll call you back.

No matter where I am, I'll call you.

I love you too.

Very much.

Be careful.

I love you.

It's simple, isn't it?

You know, you're getting

very complicated.

No, I'm not.

Work can be simple too.

Revolutionaries are

such a boring lot!

You're wrong. There's nothing

more romantic than a revolutionary.

To look at you,

that's hard to believe.

That's different.

I was talking about revolutionaries.

- You mean you're not one?

- Of course not.

I'm an assistant, a laborer,

a kitchen hand.

I'm... I don't know...

I'm the house dog!

Kiss me.

Not bad.

Now, kiss me like a kitchen hand.

No.

Please.

I promised President Allende

all this for tomorrow.

Always Allende. Why don't you

marry him? It would be simpler.

He says I'm too ugly.

Idiot!

I forbid you to talk like that

about the president of Chile!

- Thank you.

- For what?

For the whiskey

you're going to bring me.

And what about Allende?

Would he like one too?

We're not disturbing you, are we?

Dear lady, sir, please

treat my poor house...

like the French embassy.

Are you out on a news hunt?

The scoop of the year?

A juicy piece on the latest difficulties

of socialism, Chile-style?

A brilliant piece of rewriting

for the intelligentsia of Paris?

No, that's not exactly

why I came.

You know, I'm not such

a bad journalist myself.

No, thanks.

And, although I don't enjoy...

intimate contact

with President Allende...

I'm beginning to harbor a suspicion...

that things are becoming

pretty explosive.

- You figured that out all on your own?

- All on my own.

You're right, Louis.

Things are heating up.

Our bourgeois and fascists are trying

to bring the Chilean class struggle...

to a higher temperature than

has ever been reached before.

The melting point.

Not to mention what our friends

the Americans are doing.

Take a look at the blockade.

Look at this boycott.

It's not pretty.

Yes, I've seen them. I sent

that very news to Paris yesterday.

I'd advise you to focus your articles

on the important role...

of the Chilean middle class

in the next few months.

More than important.

They're setting precedent.

Making history.

In the end, everything depends

on the middle class.

And the fascists know it too.

They're intimidating and

manipulating the women.

You've seen how shortages

have been "arranged."

Haven't you seen the way

they fix it so the middle class...

runs short of this, then that?

They want to drive them crazy,

that's all.

They've managed to persuade them

that we've split Chile in two.

The fascists are trying

to scare them to the point of panic...

at which point they will come running

like madmen...

to the right side of Chile...

their side.

- And does Frei go along with it?

- It's obvious what Frei's doing.

He's leaning further to the right,

trying to swing his voters with him.

The Christian Democrats.

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