On This Day, Sept. 11: Military coup topples Chile's Salvador Allende
In 1973, the elected Socialist government of Salvador Allende of Chile was toppled in a right-wing military coup led by ...
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“The situation in Chile was chaotic”, ex president Piñera recalls the Chilean coup
Piñera points fingers towards elected president Salvador Allende as the most responsible actor of what happened. Next Monday, September 11th, Chile will remember the fiftieth anniversary of the ...
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Chilean lawmakers want to know about US involvement in 1973 coup
11, 1973, coup d'état staged by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte against the democratically-elected Salvador Allende, it was reported in Santiago. The request, promoted by the ruling Social ...
Isabel Allende: ‘Black, white, tall, short. I have the right to put myself in anybody’s skin’
But then, in 1973, the government of Salvador Allende, her father’s cousin, was overthrown in a military coup, she was placed ...
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Chile coup 40 years on: How the US and ruling class ushered in a reign of terror
These are my personal memories of that savage coup d’etat which took place 40 years ago — on September 11 1973 — and brought down the government of the popular socialist president Salvador Allende. He ...
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Venceremos, solidaridad
Anonymous short documentary released immediately after the Chilean military coup of 1973. It recapitulates the presidency of Salvador Allende which was terminated by the military coup that ...