Salvador Allende
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Tom’s Guide
8 min read
Times the U.S. has installed a foreign leader, as Trump zeroes in on Iran
The U.S. has backed many coups abroad, whether or not it played a role in picking leaders to fill vacancies.
Axios
5 min read
Witnessing the wrath of Richard Gott in Chile
Letter: Neal Ascherson on one of the lowest points in British postwar diplomacy
The Guardian - UK
2 min read
Trump’s military pressure on Maduro evokes Latin America’s coup-ridden past
US forces and CIA actions target Venezuela’s leader, recalling coups and assassinations across the region
The Guardian - US
10 min read
From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders
Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as president of Madagascar after a military coup
The Independent UK
5 min read
Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s
In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic law enforcement.
The Conversation
9 min read
‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents
From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent on the fringes
The Guardian - UK
7 min read
A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel
A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.”
The Independent UK
7 min read
‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez
When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justice
The Guardian - UK
13 min read
‘Walls are where we communicate’: how murals paint Chile’s politics
Alejandro ‘Mono’ González has used walls as his political voice for six decades in Chile, a ‘nation of muralists’
The Guardian - US
6 min read
