Chilean Military Overthrows Allende
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups, Violence
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Chile
- Date: September 11, 1973
Article abstract: The Chilean armed forces overthrew the leftist Popular Unity government, headed by a democratically elected Marxist president, Salvador Allende, who died during the violent coup.
Summary of Event
The Chilean presidential election of 1970 plunged the country into a political crisis which culminated three years later in a brutal military coup and imposition of a ruthless dictatorship which lasted until 1989. In the election of 1970, Salvador Allende Gossens, the Marxist leader of the Socialist-Communist Popular United (UP) coalition, won...
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