<P> The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed moment in both the history of Chile and the Cold War . Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the opposition - controlled Congress of Chile and the socialist President Salvador Allende , as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon , Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police . </P>
<P> The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed moment in both the history of Chile and the Cold War . Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the opposition - controlled Congress of Chile and the socialist President Salvador Allende , as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon , Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police . </P>
who was the president of chile before the military coup was staged
who was the president of chile before the military coup was staged
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende