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| | This is an important point, because during the [[Salvador Allende|Allende's Marxist Popular Unity period]] there were problems with the government, which had ideas of a centralized and collectivist economy, and as the locals say, there were clashes over land ownership and the government of the time "expropriated their goods, crops and livestock" and had to hide the production so that it would not be collectivized. | | This is an important point, because during the [[Salvador Allende|Allende's Marxist Popular Unity period]] there were problems with the government, which had ideas of a centralized and collectivist economy, and as the locals say, there were clashes over land ownership and the government of the time "expropriated their goods, crops and livestock" and had to hide the production so that it would not be collectivized. |
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| − | A Colchane resident stated about this in 2020: "I would also like to mention that my parents and grandparents always remind us of what they lived through when Allende governed. There were deaths and robberies to the community (they never talk about them today on television), but it will be in the memory of a large part of the community of Colchane of how Allende expropriated their goods, crops and livestock. In order to survive they had to hide everything underground. For this and much more, the left has never won, nor will they win the elections in my commune. They use the [[Indigenism|Aymara flag]] thinking that we support them, but Sunday proved the opposite."<ref>{{cite web|title=#ColchanePatriota siempre votará contra los marxistas y sus aliados y cómplices porque vivimos en carne propia sus horrores. #NoAlMarxismo #AntiComunismo #Colchane #Tarapacá #NoLoVimosVenir|url=https://twitter.com/ColchanePatriot/status/1321448091950764035|quote=Me gustaría mencionar además que mis padres y abuelos; siempre nos recuerdan de lo que ellos vivieron cuando gobernó Allende. Hubo muertes y robos hacia la comunidad (nunca se habla de ellos hoy en día en la televisión), pero estará en el receurdo de gran parte de la comunidad de Colchane del cómo Allende, les expropiaba sus bienes, cosechas y ganado. Para poder subsistir tenían que esconder todo bajo tierra. Por eso y mucho más, la izquierda nunca ha ganado, ni va a ganar las elecciones en mi comuna. Ellos usan la bandera Aymara pensando que nosotros les apoyamos, pero el domingo se demostró todo lo contrario.|date=October 28, 2020|language=es}}</ref> | + | A Colchane resident stated about this in 2020: "I would also like to mention that my parents and grandparents always remind us of what they lived through when Allende governed. There were deaths and robberies to the community (they never talk about them today on television), but it will be in the memory of a large part of the community of Colchane of how Allende expropriated their goods, crops and livestock. In order to survive they had to hide everything underground. For this and much more, the left has never won, nor will they win the elections in my commune. They use the [[Indigenism|Aymara flag]] thinking that we support them, but Sunday proved the opposite".<ref>{{cite web|title=#ColchanePatriota siempre votará contra los marxistas y sus aliados y cómplices porque vivimos en carne propia sus horrores. #NoAlMarxismo #AntiComunismo #Colchane #Tarapacá #NoLoVimosVenir|url=https://twitter.com/ColchanePatriot/status/1321448091950764035|quote=Me gustaría mencionar además que mis padres y abuelos; siempre nos recuerdan de lo que ellos vivieron cuando gobernó Allende. Hubo muertes y robos hacia la comunidad (nunca se habla de ellos hoy en día en la televisión), pero estará en el receurdo de gran parte de la comunidad de Colchane del cómo Allende, les expropiaba sus bienes, cosechas y ganado. Para poder subsistir tenían que esconder todo bajo tierra. Por eso y mucho más, la izquierda nunca ha ganado, ni va a ganar las elecciones en mi comuna. Ellos usan la bandera Aymara pensando que nosotros les apoyamos, pero el domingo se demostró todo lo contrario.|date=October 28, 2020|language=es}}</ref> |
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| − | Also at that time a professor with the initials J. O., a follower of the socialist regime, managed to enter in 1972 from the Bolivian town of Llica, a handgun and a Winchester carbine in order to support the revolution “with a taste of empanada and red wine”. | + | Also at that time a professor with the initials J. O., a follower of the socialist regime, managed to enter in 1972 from the Bolivian town of Llica, a handgun and a Winchester carbine in order to support the revolution "with a taste of empanada and red wine" (which means the Chilean way). |
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| | Pinochet's government put them on the map, communicated with local leaders, their lands were respected, houses, schools and the customs house were built, and for such reason the military government gained broad support in the area. The commune was founded in 1970 with the name "Los Cóndores", however, in 1979 it obtained its current name. | | Pinochet's government put them on the map, communicated with local leaders, their lands were respected, houses, schools and the customs house were built, and for such reason the military government gained broad support in the area. The commune was founded in 1970 with the name "Los Cóndores", however, in 1979 it obtained its current name. |