Santiago: Chilean Dictatorship History Walking Tour｜Chile

We will meet at the heart of the Yungay neighborhood. Visit one of its first churches and hear about the case of Bautista van Schowen and the MIR and its demise under military rule. Visit the first place where Salvador Allende met with his cabinet and worked on their program of reforms, as well as to hear its history. As we stride through the neighborhood learn about the assassination of the Commander in Chief of the Army, René Schneider and my thesis that he is the first killing of the dictatorship to come. Hear the history of the Christian Democracy, Eduardo Frei Montalva and their revolutionary government as well as their role under the UP (Unidad Popular) period. Become aware of the CIA's role in the coup d'état as well as the shift that occurred worldwide, which won the Cold War. Learn about the legislative beginnings of the Pinochet's revolution and its development; as well as Jarpa's Spring. Hear about the first strikes against the regime and the emblematic case that shook the country. Get a glimpse of the heroic resistance of the churches and synagogues of Chile and a brief story about the role of the Catholic Church. While we visit a historic pocket of the neighborhood hear about the attemp of tiranice and the student movement under dictatorship. Finish with a telling of the last official political execution and its implications.