The White Coup

Movie · 1h 10m

Starring Gerhard Scheumann, Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet, Eduardo Frei Montalva

At the parliamentary elections that the Unidad Popular won, there were activities to overthrow Salvador Allende. By a white, supposedly clean coup, the rightwing powers of Chile tried unsuccessfully to gain a two thirds majority in the national congress. Months later, the armed, violent coup took place.