September 11, 1973—The coup in Chile

[tay]

It was presaged by much U.S. citizens had no idea about at the time, such as President Nixon's earlier dictum to "Make the [Chilean] economy scream" to weaken the elected socialist president of Chile, Salvador Allende, and stir opposition to him and his policies. Here is the CIA's version. Here's a 40th anniversary summary from The Guardian.




There are, of course, many books on the subject, with one of the best being Ariel Dorfman's Chile: The Other September 11: An Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup






Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973

 

[55Mercury]

knew we couldn't get through the day without someone playing the 9/11 card!

 

[Colpy]

It was presaged by much U.S. citizens had no idea about at the time, such as President Nixon's earlier dictum to "Make the [Chilean] economy scream" to weaken the elected socialist president of Chile, Salvador Allende, and stir opposition to him and his policies. Here is the CIA's version. Here's a 40th anniversary summary from The Guardian.




There are, of course, many books on the subject, with one of the best being Ariel Dorfman's Chile: The Other September 11: An Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup






Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973

If the Guardian claimed water was wet, I'd have to take a bath to verify.....

But they are correct here.

The murder of Allende was outrageous.

 

[gopher]

Well, as we all know, the USA does not torture. Why, even Hussein said so. Therefore, it must be true.