In the shadow of Pinochet

This book is a testimony of the resistance struggle against the dicatatorship of Pinochet during the first years after the military coup in Chile in 1973. The autobiographical account of a young Swedish student who participated in the resistance movement describes the ruthless persecution the movement was subjected to by the Chilean secret service and what happened to those who opposed the oppressors.

Ann Stödberg, a Swedish national who grew up in Latin America, had travelled to Chile to carry out research for her doctoral thesis when she was caught up in the political turmoil after the military coup. Returning to Sweden in 1976, she later dedicated her professional life to development cooperation in Africa,latin America and Asia.