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1973 Chilean coup d'état. Part of the Cold War in South America and Operation Condor. From top to bottom: the bombing of La Moneda on September 11, 1973, by the Chilean Armed Forces; a journalist and soldiers during the coup; and detainees and torture victims being detained at the National Stadium. Date.
- 11 September 1973
- Chile
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. At the outset the junta received the support of the oligarchy and of a sizable part of the middle class.
11 set 2023 · Here is a selection of photographs from the coup and its aftermath. Chilean Army troops firing on the La Moneda Palace in Santiago on Sept. 11, 1973, during a coup led by Gen. Augusto...
11 set 1973 · The 1973 military coup remains the most important political event in Chile in the last fifty years. The coup did not just end democracy and begin a period of massive human-rights violations.
10 set 2023 · In America, the coup of Sept. 11, 1973, "galvanized public opinion in a way that no other activity, no other coup, no other military dictatorship in Latin America did," says Joe Eldridge,...
12 set 2023 · Five decades after the 1973 coup in Chile that toppled the government of Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power with help from the US, people in Chile are deeply divided about what the coup anniversary means today. The World. September 12, 2023. By Tibisay Zea.
6 set 2023 · The top-secret CIA, White House and Department of State documents detail the 1973 coup in Chile and Washington’s eventual withdrawal of support for Pinochet’s dictatorship.
