The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA (TRIH eps 370-371)
1973 · Resource
Recorded on 11 September (the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup), this episode traces Salvador Allende's rise from a medical student and socialist organiser to his 1970 election as Chile's president. Holland and Sandbrook outline Allende's reformist, parliamentary Marxism and the repeated American efforts to prevent his victory — covert CIA spending, business lobbying (notably US copper companies and ITT), and Nixon administration plans captured in declassified documents (including Richard He...
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