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Pinochet Coup

8 min4 lessonsNovice
What you’ll learn

  1. Learn who Augusto Pinochet was and his role in Chilean military history before the 1973 coup.

  2. Understand the economic instability and political tensions that made Chile vulnerable to military intervention.

  3. Grasp what happened on coup day, how Pinochet seized power, and why it marked a turning point for Chile.

  4. Explore how Pinochet's regime used neoliberal economics and state terror, and why transitional justice remains complex today.

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What you'll learn

  1. Who Was Augusto Pinochet. Augusto Pinochet was a Chilean military officer who rose through the ranks during the Cold War, a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union that shaped…
  2. Chile's Political Crisis Before 1973. By the late 1960s, Chile looked stable on the surface—it had democratic elections, a constitution, competing political parties. But underneath, the economy was breaking. Inflation…
  3. The September 11, 1973 Coup. What happens when a democratically elected leader loses the support of the military? On September 11, 1973, Chile found out. Salvador Allende had won the presidency three years…
  4. Dictatorship, Economics, and Justice. Pinochet's regime proved that a government can terrorize its own people while reshaping their economy in radical ways—and that both can happen at once, making justice nearly…

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