José Cademartori

Early life Cademartori was born in La Serena. An Italian shopkeeper's son, he spent the greater part of his childhood and youth in the city of Arica in the country's north. He studied at various Catholic schools, including one in Arica run by monks and another in Iquique run by priests, He later went to the School of Economics at the University of Chile, where he earned his title of Commercial Engineer in 1952. His thesis was entitled "Las cuentas nacionales: naturales y experiencia". ). In his parliamentary career, he participated in the Standing Committee for Finance and the Joint Budget Commission. an office that he held until 11 September that same year, the day of the military coup d'état. Cademartori then went into hiding at a female comrade's house, but this ended three days after the coup when the woman's husband, who had inexplicably disappeared years earlier, suddenly came home. before going back to his country in 1988, only weeks before the referendum that swept Augusto Pinochet from power. He collaborated on Le Monde diplomatique, La Nación, Rocinante and Punto Final, as well as writing books, which are listed below.

Death Cademartori died in Santiago on 25 June 2024, at the age of 93.

Books by Cademartori La economía chilena: un enfoque marxista ("The Chilean Economy: a Marxist Approach"); 1.ª ed. Santiago: Universitaria, 1968. La economía chilena: un enfoque marxista ("The Chilean Economy: a Marxist Approach"); 2.ª ed. Santiago: Universitaria, 1971. La economía chilena: un enfoque marxista ("The Chilean Economy: a Marxist Approach"); 3.ª ed. Santiago, Chile: Universitaria, 1972. Chile: el modelo neoliberal ("Chile: the Neoliberal Model"); ed. Santiago: ChileAmérica CESOC : ICAL, 1998. La globalización cuestionada ("Globalization Questioned"); 2.ª ed. Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2012. Marx en el siglo XXI: la vigencia del(os) marxismo(s) para comprender y superar el capitalismo actual ("Marx in the 21st Century: the Validity of Marxism(s) in Understanding and Overcoming the Current Capitalism"); 1.ª ed. Santiago de Chile : LOM Ediciones, 2011. Memorias del exilio ("Memories of Exile"); Santiago de Chile : Editorial USACH, 2012. La Humanidad Sobrante. Una Indagación sobre el Desempleo ("Surplus Humanity: an Investigation into Unemployment"); 1.ª ed. Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2014.