The march was held as Chile prepares to remember the military coup that deposed the elected socialist president, Salvador Allende, on 11 September 1973.

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But unlike 1973, when General Pinochet staged his coup, neither the internal mood in Chile nor the international context is ripe for a military intervention in the country's politics.

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Jara, who was also a professor at Chile's State Technical University, remained holed up on campus after the coup, the court said.

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