Demonstrators clash with police on the anniversary of Pinochet coup
- 10 years ago
Small groups of demonstrators clashed sporadically with police forces throughout the evening Thursday (September 11) in Santiago.
The demonstrations took place on the 41st anniversary of Chile's brutal military coup during which then-President Salvador Allende was found dead.
The tight-knit small groups threw rocks and burned tires as police answered by firing tear gas.
Allende, hailed as the West's first democratically-elected Marxist President, was overthrown in 1973 after Chilean Air Force jets began bombing La Moneda Palace in a U.S.-supported military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet, ushering in a dark period of right-wing dictatorships across the region.
The demonstrations took place on the 41st anniversary of Chile's brutal military coup during which then-President Salvador Allende was found dead.
The tight-knit small groups threw rocks and burned tires as police answered by firing tear gas.
Allende, hailed as the West's first democratically-elected Marxist President, was overthrown in 1973 after Chilean Air Force jets began bombing La Moneda Palace in a U.S.-supported military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet, ushering in a dark period of right-wing dictatorships across the region.