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Organising Chile's 1973 military coup

On 11 September 1973, General Augusto Pinochet deposed Chile's democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, in a violent military coup.

Hermógenes Pérez de Arce was a politician and helped organise the coup. He speaks to Jane Chambers.

(Photo: Hermógenes Pérez de Arce. Credit: sourced)

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