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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Salvador allende - The Untold Story

Protests, festivals and independence in top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Bolivian teachers protested. Chile remembered the 1973 coup that toppled President Salvador Allende. Mexico and Guatemala celebrated independence. This gallery was curated by photojournalist Moises Castillo, based in Guatemala City.

The Independent UK

Battle of Chile director Patricio Guzmán dies aged 85

Passionate documentary maker won international acclaim for unsparing but poetic films exploring the impact of the Pinochet regime in Chile

The Guardian - UK

Wild Horse Nine: John Malkovich Plays CIA Agent Who Says 'We Came Down Here to Destabilise' Chile

Martin McDonagh's 'Wild Horse Nine' premieres at Venice Film Festival, featuring John Malkovich as a CIA agent during Chile's 1973 coup, blending dark comedy with political satire.

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Martin McDonagh says CIA has ‘done awful things all around the world’

McDonagh’s new film, Wild Horse Nine, stars John Malkovich as an agent in 1970s Chile who feels ‘guilt and regret’ over his role in global interventions

The Guardian - UK

Quote of the day by Pedro Pascal: 'You can't predict what's...' Life lessons from inspiring quote on adaptability, control, unpredictability, obstacles and flexibility

Quote of the day by Pedro Pascal focuses on adaptability, control and uncertainty. His words about not being able to predict what will happen, how people will respond or whether problems will appear offer life lessons about accepting uncertainty, focusing on what you can control and staying flexible when plans…

The Economic Times

Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago

Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile

The Guardian - UK

Chilean lawmakers want ‘museum of truth’ to provide far-right take on Allende era

National Libertarian party wants museum to highlight ‘victims’ of socialist government ousted by CIA-backed coup in 1973

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The House of the Spirits review – this twee adaptation of Isabel Allende’s novel isn’t good enough

In some ways, this expansive Spanish language series improves on the Chilean family saga about a psychic girl and a military coup. But it mainly just feels old-fashioned and naive

The Guardian - UK

The Strokes use Coachella set to denounce US foreign intervention

Band shows montage of leaders whose death or ousting the CIA has been proven or suspected to have been part of

The Guardian - AU

New on Prime Video in April 2026: Top picks and all the new movies and shows to watch

Our guide to all the new movies and shows coming to Prime Video in April 2026, including a new comedy movie with Mark Wahlberg, "The Boys" season 5, and more.

Tom’s Guide

Times the U.S. has installed a foreign leader, as Trump zeroes in on Iran

The U.S. has backed many coups abroad, whether or not it played a role in picking leaders to fill vacancies.

Axios

Witnessing the wrath of Richard Gott in Chile

Letter: Neal Ascherson on one of the lowest points in British postwar diplomacy

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s military pressure on Maduro evokes Latin America’s coup-ridden past

US forces and CIA actions target Venezuela’s leader, recalling coups and assassinations across the region

The Guardian - US

From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders

Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as president of Madagascar after a military coup

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The Conversation

Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s

In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic law enforcement.

The Guardian - UK

‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents

From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent on the fringes

The Independent UK

A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel

A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.”

The Guardian - UK

‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justice

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‘Walls are where we communicate’: how murals paint Chile’s politics

Alejandro ‘Mono’ González has used walls as his political voice for six decades in Chile, a ‘nation of muralists’

The Guardian - UK

The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

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Chile Court Orders Reinvestigation Into Pablo Neruda's Death

Chilean court reopens investigation into Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda's death amid poisoning suspicions, seeking justice for the revered poet.

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Death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda should be reinvestigated, court rules

The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile's 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court has ruled, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet.

The Conversation

Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile

Chileans recently voted to reject a proposed new constitution which critics said was even more authoritarian and conservative than the 1980 dictatorship-era constitution it sought to replace.

Salon

Donald Duck vs. Salvador Allende

A century after Disney's founding and 50 years after the Chilean coup, the battle for our shared future rages on

The Conversation

Kissinger’s obsession with Chile enabled a murderous dictatorship that still haunts the country

Noticing my nonappearance at the start of a black-tie dinner at the Johannesburg home of Harry Oppenheimer, a mining magnate and Africa’s richest man, the host assumed I was boycotting the event on principle. It was a reasonable assumption: I was the Chilean ambassador to South Africa, and Henry Kissinger…

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