What the 1973 coup means for Chileans today — 50 years later

The World

Fifty years after the 1973 coup in Chile that toppled the government of Salvador Allende and brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power with help from the US, people in Chile are deeply divided about what the coup anniversary means today. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

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