Fifty years ago today.

The military dictatorship established by this coup lasted for 17 years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship_of_Chile...

The Economist - Chile is still haunted by the coup in September 1973

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/08/31/chile-is-s...

The Economist - What can Chile’s politicians learn from the coup in 1973?

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/11/what-can-chiles...

While it's interesting in its own right, I think it's better looked at as part of the wider pattern of Operation Condor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor

> Operation Condor (Spanish: Operación Cóndor, also known as Plan Cóndor; Portuguese: Operação Condor) was a United States-backed campaign of political repression and state terrorism involving intelligence operations, CIA-backed coup d'états, as well as assassinations of left-wing socialist leaders in South America from 1968 to 1989.

If you're interested in the background, and th importance of technology in both the motivation for and the execution of the coup, this (opinionated, polemical) podcast might be good for you: https://the-santiago-boys.com/

Flagger(s): already the articles from the Economist which I proposed earlier should show how the matter is relevant to intellectual interest.