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Watch | How a coup ended democracy in Chile in 1973 | From The Hindu Archives

A video that looks back at a coup that ended democracy in Chile, 50 years ago

Updated - September 11, 2024 11:14 am IST

The Hindu Bureau

Over 2,000 people killed. Around 30,000 tortured

These numbers tell a dark history of Chile, where a democratically elected socialist government was ousted in a military coup 50 years ago.

On September 11th, 1973 a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the world’s first democratically elected Marxist president Salvador Allende.

Fifty years since coup, Chile seeks answers about those who disappeared

The United States played a significant role in the events either side of the coup

Here we turn the pages of The Hindu’s archives to look back at the history.

Production : Gayatri Menon

Research: Gayatri Menon & Murali N Krishnaswamy

Voiceover: Sharmada Venkatasubramanian

Archive Photo courtesy : Dinesh Krishnan

Published - September 19, 2023 06:22 pm IST

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