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On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende, President of Chile, died by suicide from gunshot wounds during a coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army.
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973. As a democratic socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.
Feb 9, 2010 · 1973. Chilean president Salvador Allende dies in coup. Chile’s armed forces stage a coup d’état against the government of President Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Marxist...
Jun 22, 2024 · During a concerted attack on the presidential palace, Allende died, and the manner of his death became a subject of controversy. Military officials claimed that he had committed suicide, while others believed that he had been killed and that an apparent suicide had been staged.
Jul 19, 2011 · President Salvador Allende of Chile took his own life, an analysis determined, dispelling doubts about whether troops murdered him in 1973.
Jul 19, 2011 · Chile's Legal Medical Service confirmed Tuesday that the cause of President Salvador Allende's death in 1973 was suicide. A judge had ordered exhumation of the body as part of a human rights...
Sep 12, 2012 · A Chilean court has confirmed that President Salvador Allende killed himself in 1973 as troops attacked the presidential palace to oust him. Official reports, accepted by his family, had...
Jul 20, 2011 · A scientific autopsy has confirmed that Chilean President Salvador Allende committed suicide during the 1973 coup that toppled his socialist government, court officials announced on Tuesday.
Jul 20, 2011 · The mystery surrounding the 1973 death of Salvador Allende, the Chilean president, has been solved. The results of an autopsy have revealed that he killed himself, and was not murdered during...
Jul 19, 2011 · SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A new autopsy has determined that President Salvador Allende of Chile killed himself with an assault rifle, Chilean officials said Tuesday, dispelling doubts that have ...
