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In 1973 the democratically elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a violent US backed military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet. Following this seizure of power, tens of thousands of political dissidents were arrested, tortured and executed and economic shock therapy was administered to the country on a massive scale, mass privatisations, slashing of welfare programmes and carte blanche handed to multinational corporations to extract wealth from Chile.
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In 1973 the democratically elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a violent US backed military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet. Following this seizure of power, tens of thousands of political dissidents were arrested, tortured and executed and economic shock therapy was administered to the country on a massive scale, mass privatisations, slashing of welfare programmes and carte blanche handed to multinational corporations to extract wealth from Chile.
If you enjoy the Explaining History podcast and its many years of content and would like to help the show continue, please consider supporting it in the following ways:
If you want to go ad-free, you can take out a membership here
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You can support the podcast via Patreon here
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