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     • Fifty years ago on Monday, a violent coup ended one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, brought an abrupt halt to the Chilean military’s tradition of noninvolvement in politics and ushered in 17 years of ruthless dictatorship.
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     50 Years Ago, a Bloody Coup Ended Democracy in Chile

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   What happened in Chile in 1972?

   • In October 1972, Chile suffered the first of many strikes. Among the participants were small-scale businessmen, some professional unions, and student groups. Its leaders – Vilarín, Jaime Guzmán, Rafael Cumsille, Guillermo Elton, Eduardo Arriagada – expected to depose the elected government.

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   What happened 50 years ago in Chile?

   • AP file Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda, the presidential palace in the capital of Santiago, where President Salvador Allende had taken refuge.

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   What happened in Chile after the coup?

   • By 9 AM, the armed forces were in control of all of Chile except for the center of Santiago. When informed of the coup, Allende had refused to resign and gone directly to the presidential palace. Troops filled the streets downtown. Skirmishes and sporadic firefights erupted. Barricades went up around the U.S. embassy, and traffic ground to a halt.

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   What if the Chilean military did not intervene in September 1973?

   • I’m convinced that if the Chilean military had not intervened in September 1973, our covert-action programs would have sustained the opposition until the next election and the Allende government would have been defeated at the ballot box—a far more preferable outcome than the Pinochet regime.

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   What happened during the Chilean Revolution?

   • There was increasing social conflict in both town and countryside. The government had lost control of its own supporters. The economy was in ruins and shortages and a black market made life intolerable for many people. There was genuine fear of a Marxist takeover. Many Chileans supported the coup and not only from the upper classes.

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   Was the 1973 coup in Chile a covert action?

   • The 1973 coup in Chile is often included in indictments of U.S. covert action during the Cold War, during which the United States, at the direction of a number of presidents, sometimes took actions of questionable wisdom to prevent or reverse the rise of leftists who Washington feared might lead their countries into the Soviet orbit.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1973_Chilean_coup_d'état1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia

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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.

   • Date: 11 September 1973

   • Location: Chile

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   The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Chile. Incumbents. President of Chile: Salvador Allende. Events. January 2 – The former president Eduardo Frei Montalva in a press article accuses the Popular Unity government of destroying the country.

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   Jun 18, 2014 · On October 22, 1970, a group of retired military officers tried to initiate a coup by kidnapping General René Schneider, the commander in chief of the Chilean army, who staunchly opposed military intervention in Chilean politics. The CIA was aware of the plan.

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   Sep 11, 2023 · Some personal reflections on history, memory, and the survival of democracies. Ariel Dorfman. Smoke pours from La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace, during the military coup that overthrew...

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   Sep 6, 2023 · Chile began its darkest period 50 years ago after Gen. Augusto Pinochet led his 1973 coup, killing and disappearing thousands; 200,000 people went into exile.

8. www.nytimes.com › 2023/09/11 › world50 Years Ago, a Bloody Coup Ended Democracy in Chile

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   Sep 11, 2023 · Fifty years ago on Monday, a violent coup ended one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, brought an abrupt halt to the Chilean military’s tradition of noninvolvement in politics and ushered...

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   Sep 11, 2013 · Chile's coup: the perspective of forty years. The military seizure of power in Chile on 11 September 1973 continues to influence the country's politics, and its reverberations around the world...