People
This Chilean general led the military coup in 1973 and ruled until 1990.
Augusto Pinochet
The year the Chilean military coup occurred.
1973
The military dictatorship in Chile began in this year.
1973
The ideology Allende followed that worried the U.S. during the Cold War.
socialism
Thousands of these people were detained, tortured, or disappeared under Pinochet.
Political dissidents
He was the democratically elected Marxist president overthrown in the 1973 coup.
Salvador Allende
The name of the U.S. operation to destabilize Allende's government.
Project FUBELT (or Track II)
Pinochet stepped down from power in this year.
1990
A government system where military controls political power.
military dictatorship
The U.S. supported Pinochet partly due to this larger global conflict.
Cold War
This U.S. president authorized covert actions against Allende’s government.
Richard Nixon
This was the stadium used to detain and torture political prisoners after the coup.
Estadio Nacional
The Cold War lasted roughly from this year to this year.
1947 to 1991
A Cold War policy used by the U.S. to prevent the spread of communism.
containment
Economic inequality grew in Chile under this type of economic policy.
neoliberalism
Head of the Chilean secret police (DINA), instrumental in repressing opposition.
Manuel Contreras
This plan involved Southern Cone dictatorships collaborating to eliminate dissidents.
Operation Condor
The year Salvador Allende was elected president.
1970
The economic strategy implemented under Pinochet’s rule with help from U.S.-trained economists.
neoliberalism
Pinochet was arrested in this country in 1998 for human rights violations.
the United Kingdom (or Spain, due to extradition request)
This Nobel Prize-winning poet was a vocal critic of the dictatorship.
Pablo Neruda
The plebiscite in this year led to the end of Pinochet’s rule.
1988
The Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created in this year.
1990
The secret Chilean police during the dictatorship era.
DINA (Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional)
This international doctrine justifying intervention against communism influenced U.S. actions in Chile.
the Truman Doctrine