PHOTOS: Augusto Pinochet’s 1973 coup in Chile, 40th anniversary
September 10, 2013
Chilean Army troops positioned on a rooftop fire on the La Moneda Palace 11 September 1973 in Santiago, during the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet which overthrew Chilean constitutional president Salvador Allende, who died in the attack on the palace. AFP PHOTO-/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596849 )
In this Sept. 20, 1973 file photo, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, center, presides over a meeting with his military staff in Santiago, Chile, days after seizing power from President Salvador Allende. As Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the military coup on Wednesday Sept. 11, 2013 that was led by Pinochet, Allende's legacy is thriving. A socialist is poised to reclaim the presidency and a new generation, born after the return to democracy in 1990 has taken to the streets in vast numbers to demand the sort of social goals Allende promoted. (AP Photo/File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, a boy pushes a bicycle across a deserted street as an army tank moves towards La Moneda presidential palace during a coup against President Salvador Allende's government, after which Gen. Augusto Pinochet seized power, in Santiago, Chile. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the coup. (AP Photo/File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
Chilean Army troops fire on the La Moneda Palace on September 11, 1973 in Santiago, during the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet which overthrew Chilean constitutional president Salvador Allende, who died in the attack on the palace. AFP PHOTO/ARCHIVO PRENSA LATINAHO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596737 )
In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, smoke rises from La Moneda presidential palace after being bombed during a military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that overthrew President Salvador Allende in Santiago, Chile. On Sept. 11, 2013, Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the coup. (AP Photo/El Mercurio, File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
Picture taken 11 September 1973 of the attack against the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago during the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against constitutional president Salvador Allende. AFP PHOTO/ARCHIVO PRENSA LATINA HO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596778 )
Chilean Army troops fire on the La Moneda Palace on September 11, 1973 in Santiago, during the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet which overthrew Chilean constitutional president Salvador Allende, who died in the attack on the palace. AFP PHOTO/ARCHIVO PRENSA LATINAHO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596744 )
In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, police officers assigned to guard the presidential palace La Moneda, in Santiago, Chile, hold out white flags as they surrender during the military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, overthrowing President Salvador Allende. The Sept. 11 coup initially was supported by many Chileans fed up with inflation that topped 500 percent, chronic shortages and factory takeovers. But it destroyed what they had proudly described as South America's strongest democracy. (AP Photo/Alberto Bravo, File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, soldiers and firefighters carry the body of President Salvador Allende, wrapped in a Bolivian poncho, out of the destroyed La Moneda presidential palace. As bombs fell and rebelling troops closed in on the national palace in the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Allende avoided surrender by shooting himself with an assault rifle, ending Chile's experiment in nonviolent revolution and beginning 17 years of dictatorship. (AP Photo/El Mercurio, File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
Chilean soldiers burning Marxist books in the capital city during the military coup, Santiago, 26 September 1973. Presidente Salvador Allende died in the Presidential Palace on the 11 September 1973 and Augusto Pinochet, a career army officer, established himself at the head of the ensuing military regime. AFP PHOTOHO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596522 )
In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, soldiers stand guard at the main entrance of La Moneda presidential palace after it was bombed during a military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that brought down the government of President Salvador Allende in Santiago, Chile. On Sept. 11, 2013, Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the coup. (AP Photo/El Mercurio, File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
In this Sept. 29, 1973 file photo, a policeman stands guard inside the bombed out interior of La Moneda, the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, which was rocketed by jets on Sept. 11, 1973, in a violent military coup against the government of President Salvador Allende. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. (AP Photo/File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
In this Aug. 23, 1973 file photo, Chilean Gen. Augusto Pinochet, left, and President Salvador Allende attend a ceremony naming Pinochet as commander in chief of the Army. As Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet overthrowing Allende, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, Allende's legacy is thriving. A socialist is poised to reclaim the presidency and a new generation, born after the return to democracy in 1990 has taken to the streets in vast numbers to demand the sort of social goals Allende promoted. (AP Photo/Enrique Aracena, File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
Chile's Supreme Court of Justice president (L) gives the presidential sash to General Augusto Pinochet who becomes Chile's supreme chief, in September 1973. The military coup d'etat led by Augusto Pinochet against the constitutional President Salvador Allende, took place in Santiago 11 September 1973. President Allende died on 11 September 1973 and Augusto Pinochet established himself as the head of the ensuing military regime.-/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596862 )
Eugenio Berrios, chemical expert and ex-agent of the former DINA, the military police during the Pinochet regime, is shown in this undated file photo. Berrios, reported missing since November 1992, was living in Uruguay and eluded an arrest order dictated by a Chilean court. Berrios was killed in Uruguay in 1995. AFP PHOTOHO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596881 )
Chilean soldiers patrol the streets of the capital city, during the military coup, Santiago, 04 October 1973. President Salvador Allende died 11 September 1973 in the Presidential palace. Augusto Pinochet, a career army officer led the military coup and established himself as the head of the ensuing government. AFP PHOTO / PLHO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596548 )
In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, La Moneda presidential palace is bombed during a military coup to oust President Salvador Allende after which Gen. Augusto Pinochet seized power in Santiago, Chile. As bombs fell and rebelling troops closed in on the national palace, Allende avoided surrender by shooting himself with an assault rifle, ending Chile's experiment in nonviolent revolution and beginning 17 years of dictatorship. On Sept. 11, 2013, Chile marks the 40th anniversary of the coup. (AP Photo/File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
In this 1971 file photo, President Salvador Allende waves to supporters in Santiago, Chile. The South American nation marks the 40th anniversary of the military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet on Wednesday Sept. 11, 2013, that overthrow Allende, who became the first elected Marxist leader in the Americas when he took office in 1970, though he won just 36 percent of the vote. Pinochet, who died in 2006, repeatedly insisted he had saved the country from Marxism, but a poll this month found that only 18 percent of Chileans now agree. (AP Photo/File) ( Chile Coup Anniversary )
Chilean President Salvador Allende (C) waves to their supporters in Santiago a few days after his election on October 24, 1970. The car with Allende is escorted by General Augusto Pinochet (L). AFP PHOTOSTF/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596587 )
This undated file photo shows Chilean ruler Gen. Augusto Pinochet (L) waving to well-wishers from a motorcade in Santiago, Chile, while his Defense Minister Vice-Admiral Patricio Carvajal (R) looks on. Pinochet led the 11 September 1973 military coup that toppled and killed leftist president Salvador Allende. AFP PHOTOHO/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596561 )
Picture of September 1973 of the president of the Chilean military junta, General Augusto Pinochet, in Santiago, following the CIA-aided coup against democratically elected President Salvador Allende. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 522596818 )