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Chilean coup against the Allende government, with US support

51
years ago

11 September 1973,

Augusto Pinochet hit the state in Chile with US support. They bombarded the palace of the Currency, the seat of the president. The metralleta Salvador Allende in her hands and the helmet in her head, a photograph that you can see without giving, turned around the world.

After sending a final radio message, Paco Etxeberria's forensic team said he committed suicide after decades.

The military dictatorship of Pinochet during and after the coup caused violent repression against the left, causing thousands of deaths and missing persons.

Source:

Josep Fontana, For the sake of the empire (past and present).

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