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CHILE MILITAERPUTSCH 1973
Plumes of smoke pour out of the Chilean presidential palace, La Moneda, after it was hit by rockets fired by air force Hawker Hunter jet fighters September 11, 1973 during the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, toppling elected Marxist President Salvador Allende. The coup triggered one of the deepest changes for Chile and its society this century. The Pinochet regime lasted for 16 and a half years. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/El Mercurio/Str) === ===
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License
Rights Managed
Date created
19730911
Place
SANTIAGO CHILE
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
AP / EL MERUCRIO
Byline
STR
File type
JPEG