Salvador Allende
Standard Name: Allende, Salvador
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Harold Pinter | As to international politics, Pinter spoke out against the forcible, USA-backed ousting of President Salvador Allende
of Chile in September 1973. Like his second wife, he was a strong supporter of PEN International
. The... |
Timeline
11 September 1973
The elected government of Salvador Allende
in Chile was violently overthrown; Allende committed suicide, and the army under General Augusto Pinochet
took power. Twelve days later the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda
died.
October 1998
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet
, visiting London for private medical treatment, was arrested on grounds of crimes against humanity.