1973 Chilean coup d'état

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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Chilean coup of 1973 0 1
Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état
military coup
political event
alsoKnownAs 1973 Chilean coup d'état
surface form: Chilean coup of 1973
associatedWith Central Intelligence Agency
casualties hundreds of people killed or disappeared in immediate aftermath
commemoratedOn September 11
country Chile
date 1973-09-11
followedBy Chilean military dictatorship
surface form: Chilean military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet

human rights violations in Chile
hasKeyFigure Augusto Pinochet
Carlos Prats
César Mendoza NERFINISHED
Gustavo Leigh
José Toribio Merino
Salvador Allende
languageOfName English
ledBy Augusto Pinochet
Carabineros de Chile
Chilean Air Force
Armed Forces of Chile
surface form: Chilean Armed Forces

Chilean Navy
nativeLanguage Spanish
nativeName 1973 Chilean coup d'état self-linksurface differs
surface form: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973
opposedBy supporters of Salvador Allende
opposedIdeology socialism
opposedParty Popular Unity
overthrew Salvador Allende
overthrewGovernmentOf Chile
surface form: Republic of Chile
partOf Cold War
politicalContext Cold War
surface form: U.S.–Soviet Cold War rivalry
precededBy presidency of Salvador Allende
resultedIn beginning of Augusto Pinochet regime
dissolution of political parties
end of Chilean democracy
establishment of military dictatorship in Chile
overthrow of Salvador Allende
suspension of Chilean Congress
significance symbol of Cold War intervention in Latin America
turning point in Chilean political history
supportedBy Chilean right-wing parties
United States government
business elites in Chile
sectors of the Catholic Church in Chile
targetedOffice President of Chile
tookPlaceIn La Moneda Palace
Santiago
usedMethod air bombardment of La Moneda Palace
military assault on La Moneda Palace
year 1973

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1973 Chilean coup d'état alsoKnownAs 1973 Chilean coup d'état
this entity surface form: Chilean coup of 1973
La Moneda Palace hasEvent 1973 Chilean coup d'état
Augusto Pinochet led 1973 Chilean coup d'état
1973 Chilean coup d'état nativeName 1973 Chilean coup d'état self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973
Salvador Allende overthrownIn 1973 Chilean coup d'état