Alan Angell

Alan Angell is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and was formerly a <a href=http://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/angell.htm target=_blank>lecturer</a> in Latin American politics at the same institu

Chile's coup: the perspective of forty years

The military seizure of power in Chile on 11 September 1973 continues to influence the country's politics, and its reverberations around the world were also to last for decades. Alan Angell, a distinguished scholar of Chile, reflects on the legacy of the coup and the reasons for its enduring impac

By Alan Angell

/ 11 Sep 2013

Chile: the right in power

Sebastian Piñera has ended two decades of centre-left rule in Chile. The new president now faces the tough challenge of creating a liberal and democratic right free from the negative associations of the Augusto Pinochet era, says Alan Angell.

By Alan Angell

/ 2 Feb 2010

The Pinochet regime: an accounting

Few coups in Latin America have received so much international attention as that of Chile in September 1973. Condemnation of Augusto Pinochet and his regime was almost universal (the United

By Alan Angell

/ 12 Dec 2006