1973 Chilean coup d'état
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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of the socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government. Allende, who has been described as the first Marx
Golpe de Estado 1973
Sylvain Julienne durant le coup d’état au Chili en septembre 1973
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Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro in Chile, 1971 (See State visit by Fidel Castro to Chile).
Augusto Pinochet
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Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He led the Chilean Army in the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1973 an
1973 Chilean coup d'état
…and political tension with the opposition-controlled National Congress of Chile. On 11 September 1973, a group of military officers, led by General Augusto Pinochet, seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule. During the air raids and ground attacks preceding the coup, Allende delivered his final speech, expressing…
Official portrait, c. 1974
The parents of Pinochet: Augusto Pinochet Vera and Avelina Ugarte Martínez
U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger with Pinochet in 1976
Pinochet in 1982