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Chile truckers' strike

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The 1972 October strike, also known as the "bosses' strike"[1][2] or the "truckers' strike", was an employers' strike carried out in Chile during the month of October 1972, against the Popular Unity government headed by the President Salvador Allende, due to the economic crisis in the country. This strike was supported and financed by Chilean business associations and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which sought to destabilize the socialist government.[2]

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  1. ^ Fernández, Alex (1985). Dictadura militar y oposición política en Chile 1973–1981. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 170. ISBN 9783111647890.
  2. ^ a b Rojas, Susana (8 June 2003). "El paro que coronó el fin ó la rebelión de los patrones". El Periodista. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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