On 29 June 1973, Colonel Roberto Souper surrounded the presidential palace, La Moneda, with his tank regiment but failed to depose the government., originally on RebelYouth.ca. Unsigned, but with citations. Archived on Internet Archive 13 October 2004. That failed coup d'état – known as the Tanquetazo ("tank putsch") – organised by the nationalist Patria y Libertad paramilitary group, was followed by a general strike at the end of July that included the copper miners of El Teniente.
On 29 June 1973, Colonel Roberto Souper surrounded the presidential palace La Moneda, with his tank regiment but failed to depose the government., originally on RebelYouth.ca. Unsigned, but with citations. Archived on Internet Archive 13 October 2004. That failed coup d'état – known as the Tanquetazo ("tank putsch") – organi,sed by the nationalist Patria y Libertad paramilitary group, was followed by a general strike at the end of July that included the copper miners of El Teniente.