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3 days ago · Chile - Military Dictatorship, 1973-90: On September 11, 1973, the armed forces staged a coup d’état. Allende died during an assault on the presidential palace, and a junta composed of three generals and an admiral, with Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte as president, was installed.
- Marcello A. Carmagnani
Chile, country situated along the western seaboard of South...
- Marcello A. Carmagnani
2 days ago · General Augusto Pinochet replaced him as Army commander-in-chief the same day. In late August 1973, 100,000 [disputed – discuss] Chilean women congregated at Plaza de la Constitución to protest against the government for the rising cost and increasing shortages of food and fuels, but they were dispersed with tear gas.
3 days ago · Under General Augusto Pinochet, who was brought to power by a military coup and ruled Chile between 1973 and 1990, the military regime carried out mass detentions, enforced disappearances, and the torture of political opponents.
4 days ago · The case filed by Jimmy Lippert Thyden González, 43, aims to advance the task of Chilean prosecutors and human rights groups working on accountability for crimes committed under Gen. Augusto...
1 day ago · Paula Quintela was seven years old when she witnessed Augusto Pinochet’s coup d’etat in Chile. She broke up the darkness by becoming her country's champion ocean swimmer and an artist
5 days ago · On Sept. 11, 1973, Pinochet led a coup to overthrow Marxist President Salvador Allende, ushering in a period of brutal repression until 1990 during which at least 3,095 people were killed and tens ...
3 days ago · Summary. Chile was one of the first countries in the world to undergo a transition to neoliberalism. Neoliberalism became official state policy in 1975, during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990), during which time it generated two deep economic crises and historicall high unemployment. Since 1990, civilian administrations have continued to ...
