Recently, I have been reading more about the Chilean coup.
Where do you think Allende made his error that resulted in his downfall?
If you were in his position (having been elected as a socialist and successfully taken power, while in the shadow of the United States and having a military hostile to you), what would you have done differently?
Man this is a really complicated topic, and makes me so sad every time I think about it. I think you have to dig further than just the military for the answer. Yes, he should have purged the military, but they doesn’t necessarily solve the problem of the Supreme Court and legislature. The coup was planned to preempt him announcing a referendum. Idk...