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In 1999, Pinochet claimed that if Peru had attacked Chile during 1973 or even 1978, Peruvian forces could have penetrated deep south into Chilean territory, possibly military taking the Chilean city of Copiapó located halfway to Santiago. [134]
The coup led to a series of human rights abuses in Chile under Pinochet, who initiated a brutal and long-lasting campaign of political suppression through torture, murder, and exile, which significantly weakened leftist opposition to the military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990).
- 11 September 1973
- Chile
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 11, 2013 · The military seizure of power in Chile on 11 September 1973 continues to influence the country's politics, and its reverberations around the world were also to last for decades. Alan Angell, a...
Jan 1, 1974 · A striking aspect of the world reaction to the military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende as President of Chile in September 1973 has been the widespread assumption that the ultimate responsibility for the tragic destruction of Chilean democracy lay with the United States.
- Paul E. Sigmund
- 1974
Sep 11, 2014 · Forty-one years ago—on September 11, 1973—Chile's socialist president, Salvador Allende, was overthrown in a coup. He committed suicide under mysterious circumstances as troops surrounded his...
When the military junta seized power in September 1973, they justified their actions as necessary to save Chilean democracy from the threat of Marxism and international Communist conspiracy, citing “resolutions by Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Contraloría General denouncing the constitutional and legal violations by the Allende ...
