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Sep 11, 2023 · Gen. Augusto Pinochet led the violent overthrow of the socialist government of Salvador Allende, seizing power for nearly 17 years. Here is a selection of photographs from the coup and its...
Sep 11, 2013 · On 11 September 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile - the world's first democratically-elected Marxist head of state - died in a revolt led by the armed forces.
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.
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Sep 11, 2023 · 11 Sep 2023. Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda,...
Sep 6, 2023 · AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile’s army ousted a president and everything changed. On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against President Salvador Allende. Opponents...
Sep 11, 2023 · The violent coup by Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende on Sept. 11, 1973, ushered in two decades of military rule and mass arrests, torture and disappearances.
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Sep 10, 2023 · Sept. 11, 2023, marks 50 years since Chilean Gen. Augusto Pinochet rose to power in a U.S.-backed coup and ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule. The coup ended a century and a half of...
