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When approximately 2,500 Chilean exiles (including businessmen, professors, and students) arrived in Great Britain escaping the military coup d'etat of September 11, 1973, they were met by a small community of Latin Americans who were already there. During Pinochet's dictatorship thousands of people were assassinated and many others were exiled ...
An authoritarian military dictatorship ruled Chile for seventeen years, between 11 September 1973 and 11 March 1990. The dictatorship was established after the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup d'état backed by the United States on 11 September 1973.
Chile had previously been regarded as a symbol of democracy and political stability in South America, while other countries in the region suffered under military juntas and caudillismo; the Chilean period prior to the coup is known as the Presidential Republic (1925–1973) era.
1781: A failed attempt to declare Chile an independent republic. September 18, 1810: A successful coup in favor of home rule in Chile. April 1, 1811: A failed attempt to restore royal power in Chile. September 4, 1811: A successful coup in favor of José Miguel Carrera. 1827: A failed attempt to destroy the opposition to the federalist system.
Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former ...
On 11 September 1973, Pinochet seized power in Chile in a military coup, with the support of the United States, [9] [10] [11] [C] that toppled Allende's democratically elected left-wing Unidad Popular government and ended civilian rule.
The president of Chile issued a fervent defense of democracy on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship for almost two ...
A family’s day in court. Last month, the U.S. Department of State called the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile —which resulted in democratically-elected president Salvador Allende ...