1. US Intervention in Latin America
... of Chile. Alarmed that Allende, like Arbenz 15 years earlier, was nationalizing industries, Kissinger and the CIA tried to bribe the Chilean Congress and promote a military coup against Allende. When that failed, Kissinger resorted to economic warfare between the US and the Allende government. With the economy now in shambles, a 1973 coalition of conservatives with CIA backing led by General Augusto Pinochet seized power ... and killed Allende. Like in 1954, Pinochet revoked the reforms of the now-deceased president ... ...
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