{"id":8173,"date":"2013-09-05T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/2013\/09\/05\/mr-rockefeller-s-holidays\/"},"modified":"2013-09-05T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T18:06:00","slug":"mr-rockefeller-s-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/en\/magazine\/mr-rockefeller-s-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Rockefeller&#8217;s holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mat\u00edas Rojas was 17 years old when he found himself at the main airport of Chile, all set to give a warm welcome to an old friend of the country, who was coming to spend his holidays: Mr David Rockefeller, grandfather of the \u201cMephistopheles of Cleveland\u201d, John D. Rockefeller. As you can see in the images, Mat\u00edas was already fairly excited when he discovered who was at the hands of the wheel of the car that came to pick Mr Rockefeller up: Mr Agust\u00edn Edwards.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58wcqmbNeF4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mat\u00edas was beside himself. But why did this adolescent act in this manner? Who are these two charming old codgers? <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to stop and recount the adventures of the Rockefeller clan, or suggest that they are the Illimunati, the leaders of the World or the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, despite the fact they could be all three. I\u2019m going to concentrate on their closer relations with Chile, and more specifically, with El Mercurio, the most powerful newspaper (and by a long way) in the country. And surprise surprise, the property of Agust\u00edn Edwards, Mr Rockefeller\u2019s chauffeur.<\/p>\n<p>To cut a long story short, in 1970 El Mercurio was on the brink of going bankrupt. That same year, the socialist Salvador Allende was elected President. Agust\u00edn Edwards travelled to Washington and thanks to the manoeuvres of the Rockefellers, met Henri Kissinger. Edwards returned to Chile with a smile on his face, 2.000.000$ (approved by Nixon) and a plan to destabilize, through lies and manipulations, Allende\u2019s government. These manipulations multiplied before the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat and during the later dictatorial era of Pinochet. This is all explained in the documentary, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wvo0939_bSc\">\u201cEl diario de Agust\u00edn\u201d<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Released in 2008, the broadcasting rights were acquired by the National Television of Chile, -and expired in 2013-, but the documentary was never aired. The rights were later bought by another channel, ARTV. But it\u2019s still not been broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>These facts leave the schedule empty but full of questions. Why was Rockefeller so interested in minerals like gold and mercury? Why does censorship continue to exist in a democratic country? Why does it seem that nobody wants to question the power of these two families, apart from a 17 years old boy with a caffeine rush? Why are the freedom of the press, human rights and economic equality on leave in Chile?  <\/p>\n<p>The story could continue with the search for relations between Mal\u00fa Edwards and MOMA, Agust\u00edn Edwards Mac-Clure and the League of Nations, the Chicago Boys, the awards given by the Rockefeller to the Chilean democratic presidents and the extensive purchasing of lands in the south of Chile, but let\u2019s talk about art (finally).  <\/p>\n<p>Marco Arias, an art student, took the \u201cYou-tube\u201d video from the airport and immortalised it in oil on canvas.  The result is a parody of presidential portraits. It is the official postmodern portrait of two charming old men on holiday. Perhaps in search of permanent rest. I ask myself whether it will be in \u201cHeavens Resort\u201d or in \u201cHell\u2019s Motel\u201d. Perhaps we should ask Mephistopheles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8105\" src=\"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/David1.jpg\" alt=\"A) David Rockefeller por Marco Arias\" align=\"left\" width=\"670\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/David1.jpg 670w, https:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/David1-524x400.jpg 524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8106\" src=\"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Agustin1.jpg\" alt=\"b) Agustin Edwards por Marco Arias\" align=\"left\" width=\"670\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Agustin1.jpg 670w, https:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Agustin1-527x400.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mat\u00edas Rojas was 17 years old when he found himself at the main airport of Chile, all set to give a warm welcome to an old friend of the country,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1265,"featured_media":8105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6783],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mr Rockefeller&#039;s holidays &#8211; 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