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 )
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 / Verso BooksMay 16, 2023
The last man standing in defense of the “bourgeois” constitution would be the Marxist President, AK-47 in hand. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )
Marc Cooper / KPFKMay 1, 2023
Marc Cooper, Dig Curator and former translator to President Allende, speaks to KPFK Radio's Suzi Weissman about the complex historical forces at work today in Chile. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )
Marc Cooper / TruthdigApr 21, 2023
In 1973, Marc Cooper was detained for carrying a weapon in the streets of Santiago. It could have gone much worse. Dig deeper ( 6 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
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