• 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆
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    3 months ago

    I think today marks the anniversary of a coup led by Augusto Pinochet to overthrow the democratically elected Chilean government led by Salvador Allende, who was the first Marxist to be elected president in a Latin American democracy. The CIA investigated itself using declassified documents and determined no wrongdoing. Just that it “appeared to condone” the coup, but found “no evidence” of any participation, which means the United States definitely participated to some extent in the rise to power of a ruthless autocrat who disappeared or executed thousands of people and interred and tortured tens of thousands more over nearly two decades.

    Or something like that.

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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      73 months ago

      Lawrence Wright wrote that the hijackers chose the date when John III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, began the battle that turned back the Ottoman Empire’s Muslim armies that were attempting to capture Vienna (present-day capital of Austria) on September 11, 1683. During 1683, Vienna was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire and Habsburg monarchy, both major powers in Europe at the time. For Osama bin Laden, this was a date when the West gained some dominance over Islam, and by attacking on this date, he hoped to make a step in Islam “winning” the war for worldwide power and influence.Wikipedia on the 9/11 attacks

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      Sometimes it’s enough for the US to have given their consent to this sort of stuff. With how unpopular Allende was in some circles and knowing how coup-happy South America is, it’s not necessarily that CIA did anything other than unofficially say or just imply “we wouldn’t be too bothered if Allende was to go and would be happy to work with a more like-minded government” or something.