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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile's army ousted a president and everything changed

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history.

On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda, the presidential palace in the capital of Santiago, where President Salvador Allende had taken refuge.

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