What happened in Chile in 1971?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Nothing in particular. But you may want to know about 1973. Salvador Allende had been elected as President in 1970 and he set about implementing his socialist (some would say communist) social economic programs which after some initial success, mostly resulted by 1973 in real wages reaching an absolute low, in antagonizing every political party that had initially supported him and in the Chilean Supreme Court declaring several of his actions unconstitutional. Allende's intentions may have been good, and it is also true that 'vested interests' in Chile - actively supported with CIA money - did everything in their power to work against him. It is also true that Allende - an authoritarian character himself - tried to push through things forcibly, ruling by decree when he could not get support for his measures in Parliament. His close links with the USSR did not help either in the eyes of many of his countrymen.

It was in 1973 that the army decided to depose him. The Presidential palace was surrounded and Allende was offered a safe conduct out. Instead, he chose to stay and "fight to the end". The end came when he committed suicide in his palace. 1973 then saw the advent of a military junta that would set a murderous record during its rule that lasted for well over a decade.