Tag: Chile's military coup

• Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Pinochet's coup remembered in Chile after 51 years

  

  Chilean authorities Wednesday paid tribute to the victims of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte which started on Sept. 11, 1973, after the military uprising resulted in the death of President Salvador Allende and the overthrowing of the democratically-elected government 51 years ago, when a regime that would last until 1990 seized power.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Chilean top military brass letter to President Boric on the 50th anniversary of the coup

  

  Just a couple of weeks before the commemoration events of the fiftieth anniversary of the Chilean coup d'état (11 September), retired Generals and Admirals addressed a letter to President Gabriel Boric.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 11:56 UTC

  Chile marks 9/11 bloody coup and Bachelet calls for truth and justice

  

  Speaking at a ceremony marking the 42nd anniversary of Chile's military coup, President Michelle Bachelet said on Friday that the truth must still be told and justice still needs to be served for the thousands of victims of the country's dictatorship.