I always thought it was amusing/odd that they went to Chile. I'm fully aware this was after Pinochet but it wasn't like the immediate post-Pinochet government was especially left-wing. I'm surprised they were tolerated there. It also seems like it would harm the Communist Party electorally. Does anyone know how this played out on the domestic level in Chile?
A significant number of chilean (including Bachelet) fled to East Germany after the coup and there they received a lot of support there, so you can imagine that many of them have a personal gratitude to the Honeckers. Personally I don't think anyone cares right here. Me and my family talk a lot about politics but no one bothered to talk about this.
This is the typical issue in Chile that the Communist party make a stupid statement honoring her and her husband but even them don't believe that crap and then El Mercurio (main chilean newspaper, very right wing) said "Look at the communists glorifying them", but actually, no one cares.
