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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.
A 3D arpillera. An arpillera, which means burlap in Spanish, is a brightly colored patchwork picture made predominantly by groups of women (also known as arpilleristas).The construction of arpilleras became popular in Chile during the military dictatorship (1973–90) of Augusto Pinochet.
Human rights abuses in Chile under Augusto Pinochet were the crimes against humanity, persecution of opponents, political repression, and state terrorism committed by the Chilean Armed Forces, members of Carabineros de Chile and civil repressive agents members of a secret police, during the military dictatorship of Chile under General Augusto ...
The other approach of the CIA in 1970 (but not later), also known as the Track II approach, was an attempt to encourage a military coup by creating a climate of crisis across the country. A CIA telegram sent to the Chile station on 16 October 1970 stated: It is firm and continuing policy that Allende be overthrown by a coup.
Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda, the presidential palace ...
Also: Chile: People: By occupation: Models / Women by occupation: Female models Pages in category "Chilean female models" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
In Chile, 9/11 was a landmark before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. because it was the date of the 1973 coup in the South American country. ... who came into power in 1970 and ...
The house was divided in two floors and a basement and it was surrounded by a garden. The floor were in parquetry and the stairs in marble. [3]Initially the property of a communist family, in 1974 they fled political repression and the estate became owned by a corporation owned by Carabineros officer and DINA agent Miguel Eugenio Hernández Oyarzo, who initially used it as dormitory for DINA ...