Pilgrimage marking 53 years since coup prompts traffic diversions on march to Santiago cemetery
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- Thousands marched through Santiago toward the General Cemetery as part of commemorations marking the 1973 coup.
- The event brought together social organizations, political parties and human rights groups for tributes and cultural activities honoring dictatorship victims.
- Carabineros deployed a special operation and redirected traffic because of the march’s impact on major roads in Santiago and Recoleta.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Santiago on Sunday for the traditional pilgrimage to the General Cemetery, marking 53 years since Chile’s 1973 coup. The march is affecting traffic in parts of the capital.
Social and political organizations are taking part in the procession, which heads toward the cemetery memorial. The event was promoted by members of the Frente Amplio, the Communist Party and human rights groups.
Tributes and cultural activities are scheduled at the memorial to remember victims of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, which lasted from 1973 to 1990.
Because the march is moving along key roads in Santiago and Recoleta, Carabineros deployed a special operation to protect participants and channel vehicles onto alternative routes.
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