the military deposed allende's popular unity government and later established a "junta" that suspended all political activity in chile and repressed left-wing movements, especially communist and socialist parties and the revolutionary left movement (mir). allende's appointed army chief, augusto pinochet, rose to supreme power within a year of the coup and formally assumed power in late 1974. the nixon administration, which had worked to create the conditions for the coup, promptly recognized the "junta" government and supported it in consolidating power.