1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military coup in Chile that deposed the Popular Unity government of President Salvador Allende. On 11 September 1973, after an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the opposition-controlled Congress and the socialist President, as well as economic war ordered by U.S President Richard Nixon, a group of military officers led by General Augusto Pinochet seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule.