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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile. On Tuesday, 11 September 1973, the democratically elected President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup détat organised by the Chilean military and endorsed by the United States. A military junta led by General Augusto Pinochet took control of the government, composed of the heads of the Air Force, Navy, Carabineros (police force) and the Army .[1] Pinochet later assumed power and ended Allende's democratically elected Popular Unity government.[2][3]
During the air raids and ground attacks that preceded the coup, Allende gave his last speech, in which he vowed to stay in the presidential palace.[4] Direct witness accounts of his death agree that he committed suicide in the palace.[5][6] After the coup, Pinochet established a military dictatorship that ruled Chile until 1990; it was marked by severe human rights violations. A weak insurgent movement against the Pinochet government was maintained inside Chile by elements sympathetic to the former Allende government.
1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile. On Tuesday, 11 September 1973, the democratically elected President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup détat organised by the Chilean military and endorsed by the United States. A military junta led by General Augusto Pinochet took control of the government, composed of the heads of the Air Force, Navy, Carabineros (police force) and the Army .[1] Pinochet later assumed power and ended Allende's democratically elected Popular Unity government.[2][3]
During the air raids and ground attacks that preceded the coup, Allende gave his last speech, in which he vowed to stay in the presidential palace.[4] Direct witness accounts of his death agree that he committed suicide in the palace.[5][6] After the coup, Pinochet established a military dictatorship that ruled Chile until 1990; it was marked by severe human rights violations. A weak insurgent movement against the Pinochet government was maintained inside Chile by elements sympathetic to the former Allende government.
1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia