1973-1974 Santiago, Chile. Daily Life

President Salvador Allende Gossens was the democratically elected socialist president of Chile from 1970 until his death during the US backed military coup d’état on September 11, 1973.

In the early morning of September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet with three military co-conspirators, overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende, in a violent coup d'état. The president did not survive the attack.

This image was taken on September 18, 1973, one week after the coup, in the Catholic church: ‘Iglesia de la Gratitude Nacional’ in Santiago.