Excerpted from the book "Killing Hope" by William Blum.

A profile of Chilean intelligence agencies provided by the Intelligence Resource Program of the Federation of American Scientists.

Allende wins the 1970 elections; achievements and problems of the Popular Unity; the tank attack ("el tanquetazo") against the constitutional government; the definitive coup (September 11, 1973). This site features essays about the period and rare photographs of the events it describes.

A Marxist analysis by Alan Woods.

Debate continues over the reasons for Allende's downfall.

An online report of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's specific covert action projects in Chile.

Declassified documents related to the United State's involvement in the military coup of September 11, 1973.

History, information and analysis of the military coup in Chile.

Article written by Peter Kornbluh for IF Magazine, October 28, 1998.

Interviews, articles and photos of the assasinated, former Minister in the Salvador Allende government.

The Chile Declassification Project documents in the U.S. Department of State's Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room.

Also on this site: Operation Condor; Report from CIA's 1970 Anti-Allende Task Force; FBI Report on Chile's DINA; CIA Headquarters to Santiago station: "Overthrow Allende"; U.S. Intelligence fingered Charles Horman.