Soldiers and firefighters carry the body of Chilean President Salvador Allende, wrapped in a Bolivian poncho, from the presidential palace after a bombing during the coup d'état led by Gen. Augusto ...

The presidents of Chile and Mexico held a joint press conference Sunday marking the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup where General Augusto Pinochet ousted democratically-elected President ...

Long before jihadists destroyed the World Trade Centre, another September 11th had entered history as a dark day, especially for Latin America. On that date in 1973 Chile’s armed forces overthrew ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday in Chile that it was imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on Washington's involvement in the South American ...

As they often did, the headlines in the New York Times brought more bad news the morning of September 12, 1973: “Allende Out, Reported Suicide. Marxist Regime in Chile Falls in Armed Forces Violent ...

At the time, Democracy Now! broadcast from the garret of an old firehouse in Manhattan’s Chinatown, just blocks from the World Trade Center. On the program that morning, just as the planes struck the ...

SANTIAGO, ChileSANTIAGO, Chile — The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile’s 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying new steps could help ...

SANTIAGO — A Chilean appeals court on Tuesday ordered the reopening of an investigation into the death of the leftist poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda in 1973 soon after the military seized power ...

SANTIAGO, Chile--When military forces loyal to Gen. Augusto Pinochet staged a coup here in September 1973, they made a surprising discovery. Salvador Allende's Socialist government had quietly ...

FILE PHOTO: A picture of Pablo Neruda is seen inside his museum house in Isla Negra SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean appeals court on Tuesday ordered the reopening of an investigation into the death of ...