Chile marks 50 years since the coup that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship

Chile on Monday was commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. The coup ushered in a brutal military dictatorship that lasted almost 17 years.

A person places a remembrance card at the east side door of La Moneda presidential palace, through which the body of President Salvador Allende was carried by soldiers and firefighters 50 years ago after the military coup that toppled his government in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce, left, and Chile’s Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto Van Klaveren wave to journalists at La Moneda presidential palace for a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the military coup that toppled the government of late President Salvador Allende in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.

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