El guerrillero: the story of Chito Morales
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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.
- 11 September 1973
- Chile
Sep 10, 2023 · President Salvador Allende killed himself and Gen. Augusto Pinochet began a 17-year dictatorship. AP. Fifty years ago in Chile, the United States worked to end the presidency of an elected...
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Chiles armed forces stage a coup détat against the government of President Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Marxist leader in Latin America. Allende retreated with his supporters to La Moneda, the fortress-like presidential palace in Santiago, which was surrounded by tanks and infantry and bombed by air force jets. Allende survive...
With its mandate from Washington, the CIA attempted to bribe, coerce, and blackmail Chiles Congress and military into denying Allende the presidency, launched an international campaign of disinformation against Allende, and paid a right-wing general to assassinate General Rene Schneider, the chief of Chiles armed forces. Although a conservative, Sc...
After a heated debate in the Chilean Congress, the mostly conservative body decided to confirm Allendes election on October 24 after he promised support of 10 libertarian constitutional amendments. In spite of U.S. opposition, respect for Chiles democratic traditionthe oldest in Latin Americahad won out over ideological hysteria. A few days later, ...
In his nearly three years as Chilean president, Allende worked to restructure Chilean society along socialist lines while retaining democratic government and respecting civil liberties and the due process of law. Meanwhile, the CIA worked to destabilize Allendes government, spending a total of $8 million on the effort. Opposition groups received fu...
The next daySeptember 11, 1973Chiles three armed forces launched a concerted attack against Chiles democratic government. Allende gathered with his loyal presidential guard at La Moneda, the presidential palace. He was photographed inspecting the palaces defenses, rifle in hand. Tanks and troops surrounded La Moneda, and Allende and his supporters ...
At 11 a.m., via telephone, Allendes voice was broadcast over Radio Magallanes, the Communist Party radio station. I can only say this to the workers: I will not resign, he declared. With my life I will pay for defending the principles dear to our nation. I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this gray and bitter moment wher...
Just before noon, two fighter jets flew over Santiago and descended on La Moneda, firing rockets with pinpoint accuracy through the doors and windows of the north side of the palace. Six more attack waves came during the next 20 minutes. The palace was in flames, but Allende survived in a wing of the building. Sometime around 2 p.m., Allende allege...
Pinochet remained head of Chiles armed forces until 1998, whereupon he was made a senator-for-life. That October, during a trip to Britain, he was arrested after Spain sought his extradition for his execution of Spanish nationals. Under pressure from prosecutors in Europe, U.S. President Bill Clinton ordered the CIA and other U.S. agencies to decla...
After a long legal tug of war, Britains home secretary declared in January 2000 that the 84-year-old Pinochet was unfit to stand trial and ordered him sent back to Chile. Back in Chile he resigned his senatorial seat in 2002 after a Supreme Court ruling that he could not stand trial based on his failing health. Then, in May 2004, Chiles supreme cou...
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On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a coup d'état supported by the CIA, which initially denied the allegations. [13] [14] In 2000, the CIA admitted its role in the 1970 kidnapping of General René Schneider who had refused to use the army to stop Allende's inauguration.
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...
Aug 29, 2023 · The coup led to the death of the Chilean president, leftist leader Salvador Allende, and installed years of brutal right-wing military rule headed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet in what had been until...
Sep 12, 2022 · Three years earlier, on September 15, 1970, Nixon had given direct orders to CIA director Richard Helms to “save Chile” by instigating a military coup to block the inauguration of President-elect Salvador Allende, who had been democratically voted into office on September 4, 1970.
