"September 11, 1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The violent overthrow of the democratically-elected Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende changed the course of the country that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda described as "a long petal of sea, wine and snow"; because of CIA covert intervention in … Continue reading Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973
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On September 11, 1973, the Chilean government was overthrown by a CIA-backed military coup d'état that killed or disappeared a few thousand people. Over the years, the government of General Pinochet arrested, imprisoned and tortured more than 28,000 people and over 200,000 people (2% of the population) were forced into exile because of this coup. … Continue reading Other 9/11s
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