Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in …
WEBSep 11, 2023 · Chilean President Gabriel Boric speaks during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup that toppled the government of late President Salvador Allende, at La Moneda presidential palace in …
Chile's leftist president vows to seek repeal of dictatorship-era ...
WEBSep 11, 2024 · SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s left-wing president President Gabriel Boric on Wednesday promised to push for the repeal of an iron-clad amnesty that has for years ruled out most investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship.
Chile coup 50 years later: The U.S. role and its unintended ... - NPR
WEBSep 10, 2023 · President Salvador Allende killed himself and Gen. Augusto Pinochet began a 17-year dictatorship. Fifty years ago in Chile, the United States worked to end the presidency of an elected Marxist...
Chile is still haunted by the coup in September 1973 - The Economist
WEBAug 31, 2023 · In Gabriel Boric, the young left-wing president, Chile now has a national leader who is an unabashed fan of Allende. On the day of his inauguration, he paid homage to the statue of the fallen...
Chile's leftist president vows to seek repeal of dictatorship-era ...
WEBSep 11, 2024 · SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's left-wing president President Gabriel Boric on Wednesday promised to push for the repeal of an iron-clad amnesty that has for decades ruled out most investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship.
Chile’s Coup Is No Longer Taboo - Foreign Policy
WEBSep 15, 2023 · Chilean President Gabriel Boric—who has often said he is inspired by Allende—and Chilean human rights advocates celebrated those efforts as well as the foreign envoys’ presence at the ...
Salvador Allende Still Speaks to Us Today - The Nation
WEBDec 2, 2022 · Boric and Sánchez saw Allende’s speech as a call to persevere in seeking justice, sovereignty, and equality for their own people, and a reaffirmation of their shared certainty that there can be...
Gabriel Boric - Wikipedia
WEBGabriel Boric Font (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈβɾjel‿ˈβoɾitʃ ˈfont]; [a] born 11 February 1986) [3] is a Chilean politician serving as the president of Chile since 11 March 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies.
Gabriel Boric: Chile's democracy 'still under construction' - dw.com
WEBSep 11, 2023 · The 37-year-old was born more than a decade after Pinochet’s violent coup ousted the Marxist president, Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973, but like many Chileans he too has had to...
What Chile's new president could mean for the country's future
WEBJan 2, 2022 · The 35-year-old legislator and former student activist will be the youngest leader in the country's history, also its most left-leaning since a 1973 coup toppled the socialist government of...
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