Marc Cooper / TruthdigAug 30, 2023
Decades after Pinochet left power, the national trauma of his dictatorship continues to visibly permeate Chilean life. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
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Marc Cooper / TruthdigJul 11, 2023
How Kissinger and the CIA bolstered the regime of Augusto Pinochet for years—until they couldn’t. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )
Marc Cooper / TruthdigJul 6, 2023
A comprehensive review of the U.S. role in the 1973 coup of Salvador Allende and its aftermath. Dig deeper ( 46 Min. Read )
Marc Cooper / TruthdigMar 8, 2023
Journalist Marc Cooper was serving as personal translator to Chilean president Salvador Allende when the 1973 U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet forced him to flee the country. In January, Cooper returned to Santiago to observe the country’s political situation 50 years later. He found a Chile transformed but uncertain, struggling to chart a course forward one year after the election of its first leftist government since Allende. Dig deeper
Marc Cooper / TruthdigMar 8, 2023
Chile's new constitution failed. Now its leftist president is trying to reignite hopes for change. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Marc Cooper / TruthdigMar 8, 2023
Looking back at Chile's political history from President Salvador Allende's presidency to today Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Jacob Sugarman / TruthdigNov 18, 2019
Any party even nominally opposed to imperialism should be able to identify a coup as such. It's a test Democrats have failed miserably. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By DIANE JEANTET / The Associated PressSep 4, 2019
Taunting U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, the far-right leader applauds the "courage of those who stopped the left in 1973." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mauro Lopez / Brasil WireFeb 25, 2019
The rolling chaos of Jair Bolsonaro's presidency has created a power vacuum, allowing a quartet of generals to fill the void. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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