Salvador Allende
Physician-Marxist president of a plurality coalition; died 11 September 1973 in La Moneda. His last broadcast is a primary source.
Office
3
Death
3
Broadcast
3
Allende's helmeted last photograph and Pinochet's sunglasses are the paired global icons -- both over-simple.
Guzman's camera is the documentary icon.
People
Augusto Pinochet
Army commander who headed the regime until the 1988 loss and 1990 handover. Arrested in London in 1998 -- a late legal afterlife.
Day
3
Rule
3
London
3
Carlos Prats
The constitutionalist who resigned in August and was later murdered in exile (Buenos Aires, 1974).
Resign
3
Death
3
Line
3
Jose T. Merino
A junta principal; the navy's role on 11 September is part of the services' shared act.
Service
3
Junta
3
Day
3
Gustavo Leigh
Ordered air action against La Moneda; later fell out with Pinochet (1978).
Service
3
La Moneda
3
After
3
Orlando Letelier
Allende's ambassador and minister, assassinated in Washington in 1976 -- a crime that brought the dictatorship onto US streets.
Death
3
Place
3
Meaning
3
Henry Kissinger
The named face of US Chile policy in English debate. Declassified files are the source; this page does not treat him as the sole author of 11 September.
Role
3
Files
3
Debate
3
Patricio Aylwin
Took office in 1990; commissioned Rettig. The civilian afterlife of a military day.
Office
3
Rettig
3
Role
3
Debate
How much did the US determine the day?
The live argument: necessary context vs sufficient cause. Most serious work keeps Chilean command at the centre and US policy in the frame.
Suicide or killing in the palace?
Mainstream historical account: suicide. Memory camps differ. Name both; follow the investigations.
Kissinger-as-sole-author is an English simplification. So is a coup without Washington files.
The stadium is a victim icon, not a sports footnote.