Another 1970s army seizure after a leader's death; different society, same atlas family of coups. Keep After the palace pinned to 1973-09+ (Stadium and DINA): Mass detention and the secret-police years. Chile 1973 coup remains a 11 September 1973 (coup day; dictatorship 1973-1990) file in Santiago and Chilean armed services; US political context, not a playbook.
Allende on the day; thereafter thousands killed or disappeared (Rettig and later updates) and tens of thousands tortured (Valech). Use commission ranges, not a single slogan integer. The US government opposed Allende and the declassified record shows covert political action and contacts. The operation on 11 September was executed by Chilean services.
Check each criteria to confirm findings against the atlas verdict.
Another 1970s army seizure after a leader's death; different society, same atlas family of coups. Keep After the palace pinned to 1973-09+ (Stadium and DINA): Mass detention and the secret-police years. Chile 1973 coup remains a 11 September 1973 (coup day; dictatorship 1973-1990) file in Santiago and Chilean armed services; US political context, not a playbook.
Allende on the day; thereafter thousands killed or disappeared (Rettig and later updates) and tens of thousands tortured (Valech). Use commission ranges, not a single slogan integer. The US government opposed Allende and the declassified record shows covert political action and contacts. The operation on 11 September was executed by Chilean services.
The consensus of official investigations and most historians is suicide during the attack on La Moneda. Some memory camps still dispute the image. This page follows the mainstream historical account and names the dispute. A 29 June 1973 failed armoured rising -- a warning rehearsal, not the September coup itself.
The 1988 plebiscite rejected Pinochet's continuation; Patricio Aylwin took office in 1990. Pinochet remained army commander until 1998. 1970's election and the 1972-73 crisis are the necessary preface. A coup without a crisis story is a cartoon.
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