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Chilean coup of 1973

1973 Chilean coup d'état
Part of the history of Chile and the Cold War
Golpe de Estado 1973.jpg
The bombing of La Moneda on 11 September 1973 by the Junta's Armed Forces
Date 11 September 1973
Location Chile
Action Armed forces put the country under military control. Little and unorganized civil resistance.
Result
Belligerents

Chile Chilean Government
Flag of the MIR - Chile.svg Revolutionary Left Movement
"Group of Personal Friends"
Other working-class militants
Supported by:

 Cuba

Chile Chilean Armed Forces

Supported by:
United States United States
Commanders and leaders
Chile Salvador Allende 
Chile Max Marambio
Flag of the MIR - Chile.svg Miguel Enríquez
Chile Augusto Pinochet
Chile José Toribio Merino
Chile Gustavo Leigh
Chile César Mendoza
United States Richard Nixon

Chile Chilean Government
Flag of the MIR - Chile.svg Revolutionary Left Movement
"Group of Personal Friends"
Other working-class militants
Supported by:

Chile Chilean Armed Forces

The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold War. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the right-dominated Congress of Chile and the elected socialist President Salvador Allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon, Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police.


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