Salvador Allende
Coverage of Salvador Allende in the Nexus archive.
- Emergency left and right
Indira Gandhi declared a 21-month Emergency in India, during which Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh was assassinated. Geopolitical events included a CIA-backed coup in Chile, an Arab oil embargo favoring the USSR, and student movements in Gujarat and Bihar led by Jaiprakash Narayan. A court ordered Gandhi's removal over an election rally charge, and Ziaul Haq later staged a coup in Pakistan.
- Chile's far-right proposes a 'Museum of Truth' on the Allende era to counter coup memory
Chile's National Libertarian Party deputies proposed a resolution to President Kast requesting a 'Museum of Truth' focusing on the 'abuse, hunger, and humiliation' under Salvador Allende's Popular Unity government from 1970 to his 1973 overthrow. The initiative aims to counter existing narratives about the coup.