The putsch of September 11, 1973 in Chile is a landmark event | Forteresse Europe

The putsch of September 11, 1973 in Chile is a landmark event in Chilean history.

On Tuesday September 11, 1973, the government of "democratically elected President" Salvador Allende (socialist) was overthrown by a military coup.

As of August 1972, 150,000 traders demonstrate in the streets of the Chilean capital to protest against inflation, and on October 10, the Chilean transport confederation paralyzes the country to protest against the nationalization announced by the government of their sector of activity.

The economic crisis also leads to a male / female polarization. In Santiago, women march against the government, banging empty pots and pans. Statistics have shown that they are much more hostile to him than men. Traders, truckers, public transport drivers have also expressed their dissatisfaction.

The socialist government then reacts in an authoritarian manner, while insecurity grows, raising fears of a sovietization of the country.

September 9, the passage to the act is fixed by the heads of the army of land and sea for September 11, 1973.

General Pinochet, like a Roman dictator, will hand over power to civilians in 1990, rightly believing to have straightened out Chile and to have avoided a communist regime which would have made his beloved country an equivalent of Venezuela or Cuba in matters of corruption and economic failure.

As often, for at least a decade, the achievements of General Pinochet's government have been diminished if not denied and the communist scum, helped by modern democracy, is suing in exceptional courts those who have done so much for their homeland ...