Latin America Marked the 50th Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile against Salvador Allende

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Issue Sep 06-12 2023: On September 11, 2023, Latin Americans marked the half century since the military coup in Chile against President Salvador Allende, the region’s first elected socialist leader. Allende rose to power at the head of Unidad Popular, a coalition of Chile’s main leftist parties which included the Socialists, Communists, and Social Democrats, among others. The coup ended his government, known as “La vía chilena al socialismo,” and ushered in the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which lasted until 1990. Pinochet and company violently crushed the political left in Chile (along with the country’s respected democracy) and instituted a program of economic liberalization that pushed “free market” ideology. The coup and military regime in Chile had profound and lasting effects throughout the region that continue to echo. Political observers and pundits were ready and eager to observe and interpret the occasion.

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