Bitter Lessons of Coup in Chile
Brief overview of the events leading to the overthrow of the Allende government and the failure of the socialists' gradualist parliamentary strategy.
www.greenleft.org.au/back/1995/202/202p15.htm
Chile CIA's Greatest Hits
In 1973, the CIA destroyed the oldest functioning democracy in South America.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA%20Hits/Chile_CIAHits.html
Chile: Voices
Special report from the U.K.'s Guardian Unlimited offering some first-hand accounts of the 1973 coup and the suffering endured by Pinochet's victims.
www.guardian.co.uk/chile/voices
Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup in Chile
Including CIA memoranda and reports on "Project FUBELT" codename for operations to promote a coup and undermine Allende's government. From the National Security Archives.
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm
La Tercera: 11 de Septiembre de 1973
Spanish-language feature on the newspaper's coverage of the 1973 coup.
docs.tercera.cl/especiales/2003/11-septiembre/2349.htm
NPR: Documents Highlight U.S. Role in Chilean Coup
Audio report describing newly-declassified information concerning the American government's role in the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende.
www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1421901
NPR: Peter Kornbluh
Audio archive of a September 2003 interview between Terry Gross and Peter Kornbluh, director of the National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project.
www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1424538
U.S. Responsibility for the Coup in Chile
Offers a history of U.S. economic policy and covert activities. Also provides information of Operation Condor.
www.namebase.org/chile.html
Wikipedia: Chilean Coup of 1973
In-depth, hyperlinked article about the September 1973 coup d'etat in which Chilean armed forces overthrew Salvador Allende and in which a junta led by Augusto Pinochet assumed power.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973
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