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Series of events on 11 September 1973: Military Coup in Chile |
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Crimes, Resistance and Legal Intervention
On 11 September 1973 the democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende was ousted in a Chilean military coup led by junta leader Augusto Pinochet. This marked the beginning of the bloodiest military dictatorship – alongside with the military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983) – in Latin American history, during which thousands of people were murdered, tortured and kidnapped. Yet even through the years of greatest repression, left-wing parties and the inhabitants of Chile’s shanty towns continued to organize resistance against the regime. After a successful campaign by his opponents, Pinochet met his downfall in a referendum held in 1988, formally marking the end of his dictatorship. But even after the elections in 1989, Pinochet remained the dominant figure in Chilean political life. This changed only much later on when, on 16 October 1998, Pinochet was arrested in London.
Location
All events take place at ECCHR, Zossener Str. 55-58, Entrance D, 5th floor, 10961 Berlin.
Exception: The event on 30 September 2013 takes place at the Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus, Room 311, Niederkirchnerstraße 5, 10117 Berlin.
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