The U.S. role and its unintended consequences : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 10, 2023
Military jets bombed La Moneda presidential palace during the coup on Sept. 11, 1973, in Santiago, Chile. President Salvador Allende killed himself and Gen. Augusto Pinochet began a 17-year dictatorship.
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Fifty years ago in Chile, the United States worked to end the presidency of an elected Marxist and, in turn, helped usher in an . . .