https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27étatThe 1973 Chilean coup d'état (Spanish: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973) was a military overthrow of the socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government.[11][12] Allende, who was the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in a Latin American liberal democracy,[13][14] faced significant social unrest and political tension with the opposition-controlled National Congress of Chile. On 11 September 1973, a group of military officers, led by General Augusto Pinochet, seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule.