The Impact of the Cold War around the World
On Sept. 11, 1973, a military-led coup by General Augusto Pinochet seized the Chilean government and established what would be a nearly decade-long junta dictatorship. The siege succeeded a well-established democracy in Chile led by then-President Salvador Allende, a democratically-elected
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On October 22, 1956, Hungarians took to Parliament Square in Budapest to protest the Pro-Stalinist regime in Hungary. The movement, led mainly by students and workers, advocated for economic and social reforms and the removal of Stalinist leaders
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On February 11, 1989, the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party (HSWP) approved the creation of independent political parties and agreed to support the transition towards a multi-party system. The creation of a multi-party system in Hungary was the first of an
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