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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of the Popular Unity government in Chile, led by President Salvador Allende. Allende, the first Socialist to be elected president in a Latin American liberal democracy, faced significant social unrest, political tension with the opposition-controlled Congress, and economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon. On September 11, 1973, a group of military officers, led by General Augusto Pinochet, seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule. Following the coup, the military established a junta that suspended all political activities in Chile and suppressed left-wing movements, particularly communist and socialist parties, as well as the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR). Pinochet swiftly consolidate… more »