The Embassy of Chile and the Institute for Policy Studies invite you to attend a special address by Chilean President Gabriel Boric to
mark the 50th anniversary of the military coup that toppled democratically elected President Salvador Allende in 1973.
The program will take place outdoors at Sheridan Circle, 23rd and Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC. This is the site of the 1976 assassination of former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his Institute for Policy Studies colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship. Letelier, an Allende cabinet member and former Chilean ambassador to the United States, had become one of the most outspoken critics of the Pinochet regime. Moffitt was a 25-year-old IPS development associate. The pursuit of justice for their murders has been a symbol of hope for victims of tyranny everywhere. Cong. Jamie Raskin and others will also address the gathering.