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September 12, 2013

Chile Marks 40th Anniversary of U.S.-Backed Coup 
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As the United States marked the 12th anniversary of the attacks on the
World Trade Center and Pentagon, Chile commemorated what is known as the
first 9/11 — the September 11, 1973 — the U.S.-backed coup
that overthrew President Salvador Allende. In a ceremony at the
presidential palace where her father was killed, Allende's daughter,
Chilean Senator Isabel Allende, said "truth and justice" is the only
path to healing from the coup's lingering damage.

Isabel Allende: "Only truth and justice will allow us to come back
together as a country. And the ethical values and the values that never
again break the democracy, never again have a coup, never to break
constitutional order again, never again to hunt someone down because of
their beliefs, never again torture or state terrorism."

 

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