DOI: 10.18738/t8/e1dmby
title: Latin American Press Review, Program 1974-15, 1974 March 28
title: Part I: News shorts

description: Part I: The Latin American Press Review provides insights into recent events across the region, focusing on the fraudulent presidential elections in Guatemala, the power shifts in Brazil and Venezuela, and Brazilian support for the military coup in Chile. In Guatemala, allegations of election fraud marred the victory claim by General Eugene Laugerud, sparking protests and criticism of the authoritarian regime's tactics. Mexico City's Excelsior condemns the regime's violent suppression of dissent, exemplified by the murder of Edward Guerra, a former guerrilla. Excelsior's commentary extends to Brazil, where General Ernesto Geisel assumes the presidency, marking the continuation of military rule. The subdued inauguration contrasts with the presence of right-wing leaders, suggesting Brazil's role as a bulwark against progressive movements. The article underscores Brazil's economic growth, yet highlights its unequal distribution of wealth. Speculation on Brazilian influence in Chile's 1973 coup further underscores regional power dynamics. Dr. Depaiva, a mining engineer and key figure in a Rio de Janeiro anti-communist think tank, admits to aiding Chilean businessmen in preparing for President Allende's overthrow. Brazilian involvement in Chile's coup involved private and business interests, but there's no evidence of official government involvement. The coup in Chile mirrors Brazil's 1964 military takeover, with similar strategies and actors involved. Dr. Depaiva's recipe for destabilization involves economic chaos, fear of communism, and organizing mass demonstrations. The influence of Brazilian tactics is evident in Chile's anti-Allende efforts, including the creation of organizations like Poder Femenino, which mobilized women against leftist policies. Financial support from abroad, including from Chileans abroad and international business interests, played a significant role in destabilizing Allende's government. This report highlights the connections between Brazil's past coup and Chile's recent military takeover, as reported by the Washington Post. Files include CSVs of the annotated transcriptions and lists of places, people, organizations, subjects, and media sources mentioned in the radio program.
description: AVAnnotate
description: ChatGPT, GPT-4o
description: Voyant Tools
description: Latin American Review radio program
description: Rebekah Ramos used ChatGPT and Voyant Tools to generate item-level metadata for the radio program recording, then reviewed and corrected the output. To create the radio program annotation dataset, Ramos created a spreadsheet containing columns for the start and end timestamps that encapsulated each speaker segment and a corresponding transcription of the audio. She then parsed out the corrected auto-generated metadata accordingly into additional columns/categories (places, people, organizations, subjects, and media sources). Once complete, Ramos published the annotation dataset with the program's recording using AVAnnotate (see related publication). Please refer to related publication "Latin American Press Review (LAPR) Radio Program Collection: Audio Transcription Processing and Tagging Guide" for specific details. The metadata generation and annotation of these audio recordings took place between 2024 August 1 and 2025 May 31.