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The Coup in Chile

Back in the day on September 11th, 1973, the democratically elected government of Chile was overthrown. General Augusto Pinochet, who would soon reign as dictator, headed the violent US-backed military coup against President Salvador Allende. In the course of the day’s events, the Moneda presidential palace was bombarded under siege until, as the president’s personal physician attested, Allende committed suicide. The immediate detention, torture, exile and disappearance of thousands of government supporters soon followed. Victor Jara, a popular folk singer, came to symbolize the repression when he was machine-gunned to death in the halls of Estadio Chile. U.S. complicity in the coup was instrumental as all throughout Allende’s aborted term the Nixon administration actively sought to destabilize and polarize Chile’s political climate.

Hope died last for embattled president who said in his final address that day, “Keep in mind that, much sooner than later, great avenues will again be opened, through which will pass the free man, to construct a better society.”

For Uprising, this is your truth professa’ saying it’s no mystery why they conceal our people’s history