September 11th, 1973

Footage from the 2004 Chilean movie “Machuca“ On september 11th, 1973, A US government (and corporation) backed military coup in Chile ousted democratically elected President Salvador Allende and ended South America’s oldest constitutional democracy. Allende was considered the worlds first democratically elected marxist leader and embarked on far reaching social and economic reforms in chile. This led to hostilities with Chiles wealthy elite as well as the united states. After the coup, the military ma