Images of Chile right after the coup (1973)

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Imágenes Chile 1973 Estadio Nacional

The Estadio Nacional was a sports arena in Santiago, Chile.  The facility was used by the military as an improvised mass holding pen for "communist suspects" until a more formal system of political prisons could be built. In September 1973, the Chilean armed forces, to their eternal shame, betrayed the people of Chile.  The US-supported dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet lasted for almost 20 years. Many thousands were killed, their actual number yet a matter of conjecture. Tens of thousands were tortured (and many killed) in a network of special places set up by the new secret police (DINA). The country is still deeply divided.

Addendum 1

Augusto Pinochet 1973, Dateline ABC News Series "The Eagle and the Bear"


Describes election to power of Salvador Allende on a socialist platform; the nationalisation of U.S. owned copper and telephone industries (Anaconda and ITT); Castro's visits in 1971 and 1972; Nixon's opposition to the perceived rise of Marxism in Latin America; the suspension of loans to Chile; the loss of popular Chilean support; the arrest, by the Chilean Army, of Allende supporters; the death of Allende and an estimated 30,000 of his followers; the funeral cortege of Pablo Neruda; and the rise of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. From the television series: The Eagle and the Bear, produced by ABC News.

Águila y Oso: De cómo Nixon programó la destrucción del gobierno del Dr. Salvador Allende en Chile, pagó para desestabilizar la economía. La CÍA como siempre cumpliendo un rol protagónico.

Addendum 2

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The Pinochet File: How U.S. Politicians, Banks and Corporations Aided Chilean Coup, Dictatorship Part 1

The Pinochet File: How U.S. Politicians, Banks and Corporations Aided Chilean Coup, Dictatorship Part 2
 

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