The World - News from March 12, 1986
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A wave of bomb attacks on public buildings and power lines in Chile marred official fifth anniversary celebrations of the constitution that extended the term of President Augusto Pinochet’s military government until 1989. The attacks brought trains to a halt on Santiago’s subway system and cut power throughout an 800-mile-long region of central Chile. The Communist-backed Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front claimed responsibility and said the bombings mark the start of a campaign of violence to oust Pinochet.
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