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[BEST OF] Chilean Coup of 1973: Salvador Allende, Pinochet, & the CIA

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The CIA's Engagement in Chile During the 1970s

In 1970, a yenday was elected president of Chile. After he was elected, what sort of policies did he begin enacting? And how did they benefit the poor and working class Chileans who ultimately elected him? So in many ways, the platform of popular unity is very much about national sovereignty and social justice for all Chileans. They carry through with the nationalization of copper, they complete it. They try to increase access to health clinics, to education. Despite outside attack, despite internal sabotage carried out by right wing forces, that's why the coup starts,. I mean, the coup has launched precisely because these military leaders realize that this process is successfully elevated the political consciousness of

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