In July 1971, Chile nationalised its copper mines, owned by US multinationals Kennecott and Anaconda, without compensating ...

For much of its history, the U S has engaged in various efforts to influence or change the regimes of other nations, either ...

He either died by his own hand or by soldiers storming in during a military coup. And the details of what happened nearly 38 years after Chile President Salvador Allende died still hold much ...

SANTIAGO, Chile – A scientific autopsy has confirmed that Chilean President Salvador Allende committed suicide during the 1973 coup that toppled his socialist government, court officials announced on ...

James Reston of the Times famously said: “Americans will do anything for Latin America — but read about it.” It’s a shame, too, but could it owe to the fact that the left monopolizes the conversation?

Across the Americas, control of copper and oil has shaped coups, interventions and the struggle for economic sovereignty.

People attend an event to pay homage to former Chilean President Salvador Allende and to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the military coup against Allende, near La Moneda Palace in Santiago, ...

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Chilean President Salvador Allende accuses US corporations of seeking to foment Chilean civil war and instituting a worldwide boycott of his country’s exports.

The remains of Chile's former President Salvador Allende will be exhumed as part of an inquiry into historic rights abuses, a court has ordered. Investigators are trying to determine whether Allende ...

Anti-Marxist women wave white handkerchiefs in Santiago, Chile, September 5, 1973, as they demand the resignation of President Salvador Allende. (AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you are over ...

The death of Salvador Allende, the former Chilean president, during the 1973 coup that deposed him may not have been suicide, according to a forensics expert who claims to have found evidence of two ...

Taking Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores out of their Caracas home in the middle of the night and ...