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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état (Spanish: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973) was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government.
Sep 11, 2023 · Chilean Army troops firing on the La Moneda Palace in Santiago on Sept. 11, 1973, during a coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet against President Salvador Allende. Credit...
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.
Sep 10, 2023 · When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing...
Dan Sheehy, a music researcher, recalls the chaos and violence of the military takeover that ended Allende's socialist regime in Chile. He also shares his fieldwork experience in a remote Aymara village in the Andes.
Sep 12, 2023 · Fifty years after the US-backed military coup that ousted Salvador Allende and installed Augusto Pinochet, Chileans have different views on its legacy. Some see it as a dark chapter of dictatorship and human rights violations, while others see it as a necessary step to avoid economic collapse.
Feb 9, 2010 · Learn how the U.S. government and the CIA orchestrated a military coup that overthrew the democratically elected Marxist president Salvador Allende and installed the brutal dictator Pinochet. Find out the causes, events, and consequences of the 1973 Chilean coup.
