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Isabel Allende: Eight things we learned from her This Cultural Life interview
4. She left Chile in the coup of 1973
In 1973, the Chilean government was overthrown in a military coup, which saw General Pinochet take power for 17 years.
The ousted president, Salvador Allende, was Isabel Allende’s father’s cousin.
Barack Obama awarding Allende the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014
Working for a left-wing newspaper at the time, Allende didn’t realise how dangerous her situation was.
“I didn’t think I was in danger because we didn’t know how these things worked,” she says. “I was fired from everywhere… I thought if I kept a low profile… sooner or later the military would go back to their barracks and we would have democracy again.
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Chile was known for democracy. Then things got really bad and I had to leave.” She didn’t return for 13 years.