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This article presents an exploratory research of the history of the memory of the Chilean dictatorship and transition to democracy in the French press (1990-2003). The different aspects of remembering such as forgetting, silencing, changing, substituting, overlapping, constructing/destroying the myth of the dictator, are traced as well as the interaction between the discourses of different historical periods as events evolved. It is showed that collective memory was a principal actor among political groups during the transition. The Chilean case offers many points of comparison, although implicit in this presentation, with other dictatorships and transitions in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, especially, the case of Spain. ; Las dictaduras latinoamericanas, especialmente las del Cono Sur, suscitaron un enorme interés en la opinión publicada europea. Este artículo presenta una primera aproximación a la historia de la memoria de la dictadura y de la transición chilenas en las páginas de la prensa francesa (1990-2003). En ella laten los trabajos de la memoria –olvido, recuerdo, silencio, cambio, sustitución, superposición, de construcción/destrucción del mito/contra-mito del dictador-, y puede analizarse cómo se entretejen las diversas relaciones entre los tiempos históricos en los diferentes discursos y ante la evolución de los acontecimientos, y cómo la memoria ha sido un actor fundamental en los diferentes grupos y opciones políticas en la transición a la democracia. El caso chileno ofrece muchos puntos de comparación –aunque implícitos aquí- con otras dictaduras y transiciones del Cono Sur e ibéricas, especialmente con la española.

The figure and work of Miguel de Unamuno has been an object of investigative interest from different academic areas and perspectives. Of particular importance is the study of the correspon- dence that the Spanish thinker had with prominent personalities of his era. In this regard, one cannot overlook the rich legacy that exists in the Unamuno House-Museum, property of the University of Salamanca, which makes up the writer's archive of correspondence, with over 25,000 letters. In this investigation, we have explored a field that had remained largely unknown: the correspondence that the former Rector of Salamanca received from the pen of relevant women in the first third of the 20th century. Through a content analysis of a selection of 40 women, we have studied the exchange of ideas that they expressed in their letters and which they wanted to share with the writer. The results elucidate clear connections between certain historical events linked to the figure of Unamuno and the sociological problems these women experienced.