Modern Era · South America · Politics

1973

Pinochet coup in Chile

September 11, 1973

Chilean air force jets bombed La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago while Salvador Allende, with a rifle given him by Fidel Castro, fought on from inside. He died that morning. General Augusto Pinochet took power and ruled for seventeen years. Three thousand Chileans were killed or disappeared in the years that followed.

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Before and after in South America

Before: September 4, 1970: Allende elected in Chile
After: March 24, 1976: Argentine junta takes power

Before and after in Politics

Before: September 1972: Uganda expels its Asians
After: April 25, 1974: Carnation Revolution in Portugal

Era

Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Augusto Pinochet