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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_C...'%C3%A9tat
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold War. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the right-dominated Congress of Chile and the elected socialist President Salvador Allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon,[2] Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police.[3][4]
The military deposed Allende's Popular Unity government and later established a junta that suspended all political activity in Chile and repressed left-wing movements, especially the communist and socialist parties and the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR). Allende's appointed army chief, Augusto Pinochet, rose to supreme power within a year of the coup,
the Right wing is not a choir of angels
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Allende was killed in that coup
It also is worth pointing out that Chile's economy improved dramatically under Pinochet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Chile
But the question that is worth asking: How much is FREEDOM worth? Would you rather live in a POOR country that's FREE instead of a WELL OFF country that's AUTHORITARIAN?