Long before September 11 became a day of infamy in the United States, it acquired similar significance in Chile, where 40 years ago, on September 11, 1973, the armed forces, led by General Augusto Pinochet, overthrew the country’s democratically elected government. More than any other event of our era, that violent coup was responsible for launching both the contemporary global movement for human rights and the American movement to promote human rights internationally.
在9月11日成为美国的特殊日子之前四十年，它就在智利获得了相似的重要性。1973年9月11日，皮诺切特将军领导的军队推翻了民选政府。从当代全球人权运动和美国在国际上推行人权的角度，这次暴力政变可谓居功至伟。