- Around the world, many will mourn September 11 in their own way. In Chile, like the United States, many mourn the loss of civil liberties, democracy, and over 3,000 lives on 9/11/73.
- BBC Documentary: Chile: The Other 9/11
- National Security Archive: Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents relating to the Military Coup, 1970-1976
- [Washington Post, preview] [newsmine] CIA May Have Role in Journalist's Murder
- BBC: US 'undermined Chile's democracy'
US funded attempts to undermine the democratically elected Marxist president, Salvador Allende, who was overthrown in a bloody coup in 1973
Washington has long denied accusations that it played a direct role in the coup.
- CNN: CIA acknowledges involvement in Allende's overthrow, Pinochet's rise
- CIA's report on its activities in Chile
Further readings:
- BBC Newsmakers: Henry Kissinger: Haunted by his past
Most notably, charges relating to Latin America have returned to haunt Henry Kissinger. The CIA's involvement in the coup which toppled the elected Chilean leader Salvador Allende and brought General Pinochet to power, has been long well-documented.
"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go Communist due to the irresponsibility of its people," Kissinger once famously uttered. - (book) The Trial of Henry Kissinger
- (documentary) The Trials of Henry Kissinger
- [NYTimes] [newsmine] A Coup by Any Other Name
When is a coup not a coup? When the United States says so, it seems — especially if the fallen leader is no friend to American interests.
