Orlando Letelier
Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (April 13, 1932 – September 21, 1976) was a Chilean socialist politician during the presidency of Salvador Allende.
Orlando Letelier | |
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.jpg) Letelier in 1976 | |
| Born | Sergio Orlando Letelier del Solar April 13, 1932 |
| Died | September 21, 1976 (aged 44) |
| Cause of death | Assassination by car bomb (plotted by Augusto Pinochet) |
| Resting place | Cementerio General, Recoleta, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel Margarita Morel |
| Children | 4 sons |
| Parent(s) | Orlando Letelier Ruiz Inés del Solar |
Death
Looking for a refuge from the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted academic positions in Washington, D.C. On September 21, 1976, he was killed in a car bomb by agents of the Pinochet regime's secret police, Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional in 1976, in collaboration with members of the "Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations". Ronni Susan Moffitt (née Karpen) was also killed while her husband, Michael Paul Moffitt (who were married four months ago before the bombing) survives in the attack.[1][2]
Orlando Letelier Media
Letelier (middle) and Salvador Allende.
Memorial on Sheridan Circle, Washington, D.C.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Lettieri, Mike (1 June 2007). "Posada Carriles, Bush's Child of Scorn". Washington Report on the Hemisphere. 27 (7/8).
- ↑ "Cable Ties Kissinger to Chile Scandal". The Boston Globe. 8 October 2021. https://archive.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/04/10/cable_ties_kissinger_to_chile_controversy/. "The next day, on Sept. 21, 1976, agents of Chilean Gen. Augusto Pinochet planted a car bomb and exploded it on a Washington, D.C., street, killing both former Ambassador Orlando Letelier, and an American colleague, Ronni Karpen Moffitt. Letelier was one of the most outspoken critics of the Pinochet government.".
Other websites
Media related to Orlando Letelier at Wikimedia Commons
- Biography at Memoria Chilena Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)