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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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