On this day, in 1973, a military coup happened in Chile against the socialist president Salvador Allende, after which an infamous General Augusto Pinochet seized power and established a military dictatorship that lasted till 1990. How Chileans evaluate this event and what happened after it?
Also, it would be dishonest from me to leave out this fact: the coup was supported by the USA as they attempted to weaken any kind of left-wing movements in Latin America.
Human rights activists have presented a criminal complaint in Chile for the alleged disappearance of some 100 political prisoners that were reportedly kept at an enclave of German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad during the country's 1973-1990 military dictatorship bigstory.ap.org/article/5…
On this day, in 1973, a military coup happened in Chile against the socialist president Salvador Allende, after which an infamous General Augusto Pinochet seized power and established a military dictatorship that lasted till 1990. How Chileans evaluate this event and what happened after it? /r/asklatinamerica/commen…
C’mon, we all know the epitome of auth-right is the authoritarian right regime of Chile with a dictatorship but also free markets from 1973-1990.
“Il mio sacrificio non sara vano” last words of president Allende before dictatorship in Chile. Italian poster. 1973–1990
Students clashed with riot police in Chile's capital Santiago during protests that marked the second anniversary of conservative President Sebastian Pinera's taking office. The protests coincided with the 30th anniversary of Chile's return to democracy after Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship france24.com/en/20200311-…
A court in Chile has filed an extradition request to the United States for a former Chilean secret police agent wanted in the kidnapping and killing of a Communist Party leader during the 1973-1990 dictatorship abcnews.go.com/Internatio…
Chile's Supreme Court is admitting neglect during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship that killed hundreds of people bigstory.ap.org/article/c…
Chile's Supreme Court is admitting neglect during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship that killed hundreds of people bigstory.ap.org/article/c…
A Chilean man holding a picture of Salavdor Allende during the Chile protests to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Coup d'état and the beginning of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship
Margaret Thatcher criticized the gov of Argentina for being a military junta during the Falklands War, yet she received support from Chile, which was also being run by a military dictatorship at the time. How did that work?
Mapuche leader Elisa Loncón has been chosen to preside over the Constituent Convention which will re-write Chile's new Fundamental Law to replace the current text from 1980 passed under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet en.mercopress.com/2021/07…
Chilean government declared curfew, and this woman started to sing a song of resistance against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). v.redd.it/9y7jkn20uf341
@AP: The face of a new Chile begins taking shape this weekend as the South American country elects 155 people to draft a constitution to replace one that drafted under a military dictatorship. https://t.co/AWJcPCQ2nA mobile.twitter.com/AP/sta…
Margaret Thatcher criticized the gov of Argentina for being a military junta during the Falklands War, yet she received support from Chile, which was also being run by a military dictatorship at the time. How did that work? reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…
Exactly 40 years ago, Margaret Thatcher's government resumed arms exports as normal to Pinochet's military dictatorship in Chile. She told the cabinet it was a "good potential market" for arms exports. UK went on to sell warplanes, warships and missiles. twitter.com/declassifiedU…
The military crackdown in Chile: Pinochet returns: The military-police crackdown on protests in Chile is only one of the most shocking expressions of the global turn toward dictatorship by governments throughout the world. wsws.org/en/articles/2019…
Outcry as Chile seeks to include Pinochet human rights abusers in jail release - Group of senators tries to sneak dictatorship-era military agents on to bill to release prisoners to slow coronavirus spread theguardian.com/world/202…
We had Presidential elections in Chile yesterday. This dad is crying because the extreme-right candidate, supporter of Pinochet's dictatorship, openly misogynistic, homophobic and racist, wasn't elected. v.redd.it/ceeiv6yhqq681
TIL Henry Kissinger once complained about the lack of recognition of America's role in the overthrow of Chile's popularly elected government in 1973, which eventually led to a notorious military dictatorship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/197…
Dateline: Chile 1973 (1989) | First democratically elected Marxist president Salvador Allende is overthrown by CIA backed coup leading to 17 year military dictatorship; 200,000 Chilean individuals were executed, tortured, forcibly exiled, or having their immediate relatives put under detention. youtube.com/watch?v=V_UAH…
Bolsonaro: Chile 'is not Cuba' thanks to Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the UN's Michelle Bachelet of interfering in domestic politics after she criticized rising police violence. He had harsh words for her and praise for Chile's 1973 military coup dw.com/en/bolsonaro-chile…
Amazon pulls Chile dictatorship 'death flights' T-shirts after backlash - Amazon has come under fire for selling T-shirts glorifying the “death flights” of Chile’s military dictatorship in which leftwing opponents of the regime were dropped from helicopters in an attempt to hide their murders. theguardian.com/technolog…
Dateline: Chile 1973 (1989) | First democratically elected Marxist president Salvador Allende is overthrown by CIA backed coup leading to 17 year military dictatorship; 200,000 Chilean individuals were executed, tortured, forcibly exiled, or having their immediate relatives put under detention. youtube.com/watch?v=V_UAH…
Bolsonaro: Chile 'is not Cuba' thanks to Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the UN's Michelle Bachelet of interfering in domestic politics after she criticized rising police violence. He had harsh words for her and praise for Chile's 1973 military coup dw.com/en/bolsonaro-chile…
9/11/1973: With the help of the CIA, a military dictatorship overthrew the government of Chile. 9/11 changed everything in Chile. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi…
TIL Pinochet's government in Chile (1973-1990) had a secret detention center named Discothèque to conduct political oppression. In addition to physical abuse, many of the prisoners suffered sexual punishments; prisoners testified that spiders and live rats were often implanted on their genitals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum…
flag of "the company", a weird company/dictatorship that has taken over chile
The military dictatorship of Chile - Pinochet's Chile - 3,000 dead or missing, tortured tens of thousands of prisoners, and drove an estimated 200,000 Chileans into exile en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil…
Tankies Already Crawling Out to Compare The US Constitution to Chile's Written By A Military Dictatorship
[Varsky] Phillip Lahm: "Back in 1978, when the world cup was held under a dictatorship by the Argentinian military regime, players didn't have full knowledge of the human rights situation. Nowadays, the world can't be seen in such naive ways. We all know the conditions in Qatar twitter.com/VarskySports/…
Good news for Chile, after 50 years of ancap free market tyranny dictatorship created by Milton Friedman, now they have democracy.
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