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Jun 14, 2023 · In 1925, the workers of the Marusia nitrate mine decided to strike, during which a brutal British engineer was killed. A Bolivian worker was subsequently accused of murder and executed without...
The Marusia massacre (Spanish: Masacre de Marusia) (March, 1925) was the response of the Chilean government under president Arturo Alessandri to a strike by the workers of a saltpeter mine leading to over 500 dead, over ninety percent being strikers or their family members.
The Marusia massacre (Spanish language: Masacre de Marusia) (March, 1925) was the response of the Chilean government under president Arturo Alessandri to a strike by the workers of a saltpeter mine leading to over 500 dead, over ninety percent being strikers or their family members.
- March 1925
- 3 min
- Huara, Chile
Tri-State Tornado of 1925, tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, that traveled from southeastern Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana on March 18, 1925. The storm completely destroyed a number of towns and caused 695 deaths.
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Based on a True Story: The Marusia massacre, in which some five hundred miners, women, and children were murdered by the Chilean army. For unclear reasons the film changed the date of the massacre to 1907 when it actually happened in 1925.
However, social discontents were also crushed, leading to the Marusia massacre in March 1925 followed by the La Coruña massacre. The longest lasting of the ten governments between 1924 and 1932 was that of General Carlos Ibáñez, who briefly held power in 1925 and then again between 1927 and 1931 in what was a de facto dictatorship.
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The Marusia massacre (Spanish: Masacre de Marusia) (March, 1925) was the Chilean government's response, then headed by Arturo Alessandri, to a strike by the workers of a saltpeter mine, that ended with more than 500 deaths.
