Book Talk - Chile in Their Hearts

Join UCDC as we talk with Author, John Dinges, about his book

CHILE IN THEIR HEARTS: The Untold Story of Two Americans Who Went Missing after the Coup

In 1972, two idealistic young Americans, Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, arrived in Chile to participate in President Salvador Allende's socialist and democratic revolution. A year later they were secretly executed while Chile's military, with U.S. backing, deposed Allende. Following a sham investigation and cover-up, a Chilean defector leveled a stunning but ultimately false accusation: a CIA agent was in the room when one of the killings was ordered.

The defector's tale inspired the acclaimed 1982 film Missing and established U.S. involvement as the accepted narrative. But 
CHILE IN THEIR HEARTS exposes the tale as a fabrication and leads us to a more intriguing reality. Renowned investigative journalist John Dinges scoured U.S. and Chilean archives and interviewed new witnesses to reveal the true story of the killings and the compelling adventure of the two Americans' lives against the backdrop of U.S. intervention in Chile.

 

RSVP: https://ucdcevents.my.canva.site/chile-in-the-their-hearts-event?mc_cid=510d1f6e89&mc_eid=edce9aae53

 

 

WHEN
May 05, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9pm
WHERE
UCDC
1608 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
United States
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