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Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship

Headline from KRQE Albuquerque, on the newest of 2 developments

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The president of Chile issued a fervent defense of democracy on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that ushered in a brutal military dictat…

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  1. Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the search for truth continues

    Headline from Al Jazeera ·

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    Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship

    Headline from KRQE Albuquerque ·

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  1. Al Jazeera

    Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the search for truth continues (opens Al Jazeera)

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    As 1973 coup still reverberates, a man is pushing for full history of US role in Augusto Pinochet’s rise and fall.

  2. NBC News

    AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile’s army ousted a president and everything changed (opens NBC News)

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    On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against Pres. Salvador Allende. Opponents were tortured, thousands were killed and disappeared, 200,000 went into exile.

  3. Digital Journal

    What to know about pivotal Chile coup, 50 years later (opens Digital Journal)

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    Chilean soldiers attack the presidential palace where socialist president Salvador Allende was holed up - Copyright AFP/File -Half a century ago, Chile’s La Moneda presidential palace went up in flames after being bombed by air force jets.

  4. Wall Street Journal

    Fifty Years On, U.S.-Backed Coup in Chile Stirs Divisions (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The legacy of late Marxist President Salvador Allende continues to stir divisions and controversy as the country’s current leftist president is struggling to advance an ambitious social agenda.

  5. KRQE Albuquerque

    Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship (opens KRQE Albuquerque)

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    SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The president of Chile issued a fervent defense of democracy on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that ushered in a brutal military dictat…

  6. France 24

    Politically divided Chile marks 50-year coup anniversary (opens France 24)

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    A day after violence and arson marred a memorial march, Chile marked 50 years since the coup d'etat that brought Augusto Pinochet to power with events Monday honoring the dictatorship's thousands of…

  7. Al Jazeera

    Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet’s brutal coup (opens Al Jazeera)

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    A half-century on, the country struggles with revisionism and denial as survivors continue their quest for justice.

  8. Christian Science Monitor

    Responding ‘with life’: A divided Chile marks 50 years since coup (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Fifty years after a coup and brutal military dictatorship, some Chileans are forgetting their history – and cleaving new divisions.

  9. NBC News

    A divided Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet’s bloody military coup (opens NBC News)

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    Augusto Pinochet's right-wing rule was marked by tens of thousands of arrests, torture and disappearances.

  10. The Guardian

    Chile president gives staunch defence of democracy, 50 years after Pinochet coup (opens The Guardian)

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    Gabriel Boric makes speech outside palace where Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973, ushering in brutal military dictatorship

  11. PBS NewsHour

    Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal dictatorship (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The problems of democracy must be addressed through more democracy, President Boric said at the La Moneda presidential palace, which was bombed by warplanes at the start of the coup half a century ago.

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