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Project Cybersyn

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The Fall of Salvador Allende

Fernando Flores worked on Project Cybersin during the Cold War in Chile. He says it was a meeting of science and technology, politics and design. It's estimated 38,000 people were imprisoned under military junta led by Augusto Pinochet. The song "The People united will never be defeated" became an anthem for resistance against Pinochet.

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