The struggle for Chile revisited: A study with Brazilian sources

Authors

  • Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila Centro Universitário Unieuro e Centro Universitário de Brasília

Abstract

This paper explores the origins of the coup d’Etat in Chile, especially the events between July and September of 1973. The text is the result of research with primary sources from the Brazilian Foreign Affairs Historical Archive. Also, literature specialized published in Brazil and the exterior is used, with prominence for Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira, Peter Winn and Peter Kornbluh. The documentation confirms the serious politic, economic and social crisis in that country, the attempts to prevent the breakdown of the democracy, and the strategy that follows to September of 1973 coup and subsequent events.

Key words: Chile, Salvador Allende, People’s Front, Democracy, Authoritarianism.

Author Biography

Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila, Centro Universitário Unieuro e Centro Universitário de Brasília

Doutor em História das Relações Internacionais

Mestre em Estudos Sociais e Políticos Latino-americanos

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Published

2012-03-06

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2012): January/April

Section

Dossiê: O Chile de Allende e Pinochet: memória e historiografia

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