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September 13, 2021

Chileans Commemorate Sep. 11, 1973, Coup That Overthrew Allende and Imposed Brutal Dictatorship
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In Chile, thousands of people took to the streets of Santiago Saturday
to mark the 48th anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup on
September 11, 1973, against democratically elected socialist President
Salvador Allende. Allende was killed that day as Chilean armed forces
bombed and stormed the presidential palace, unleashing a brutal
dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet for the next 17 years. Protesters
also marched to Santiago's main cemetery to honor the victims of
Pinochet's dictatorship.

Protester: "I come to this march every year because of the large amount
of comrades and friends that were annihilated by the fascist coup of
September 11, 1973, dozens and dozens of people who I knew from
university, from my job, and who are still missing today or were killed
by the scoundrels in uniform."



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