Context: on September 11 1973, the democratically elected Chilean president Salvador Allende was overthrown by Pinochet.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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With the CIAs help
For once, no, actually. The CIA tried to overthrow him a few years earlier and failed. Pinochet's coup caught the CIA by surprise, as Pinochet had... very effectively given the impression of being 'nonpolitical' and loyal to the government, to the point where Allende himself was shocked to hear of his involvement.
I would be curious on your sources...mine are Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine... Which I read years ago and maybe I'm blurring something but a quick Google search took me to the George Washington University website with this on it..https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile/2024-09-09/cia-chile-scandal-50
There the CIA is falsely denying spending money to attempt to destabilize Allende's administration. They absolutely tried. But as I noted
The CIA tried to overthrow him a few years earlier and failed.
It’s helicopter time
what happened on the 9th of november?
In Germany, everything
What could you even do on 9/11? Get up early to watch it all happen again? Better come on 8/11
If you haven't read The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, put it on your list. Please and thank you.