The Economist (2023)

Latin American history. Half a century later. Chile is still haunted by the coup in 1973, and is at odds over how to mark it.

Gabriel Boric, the young left-wing president, is a fan of Salvador Allende | The Americas



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Chile continues to be haunted by its past, including the September 1973 military coup when President Salvador Allende was deposed from power. Half a century later, questions remain over how to appropriately mark this pivotal event in Latin American history. Left-wing President Gabriel Boric has proposed a commemoration honoring Allende's legacy, though divisions remain over whether this would suffice as an appropriate memorialization of such tragedy.

Keywords: Chile, 1973 coup, Salvador Allende, commemoration, division

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