Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. History Dept.
Advisor(s)
Elizabeth D. Leonard
Second Advisor
Paul Josephson
Abstract
This thesis examines the evolution of Los Carabineros de Chile, Chile's national police force, from their origins under Carlos Ibáñez in 1927 until their involvement in the 1973 military coup against President Salvador Allende. Various presidencies primarily used this corps during this period as a weapon against popular mobilization and thus influenced the development of the Carabineros' institutional identity. To explore how this identity evolved, this thesis examines primary sources, mostly in the form of newspapers found in the National Archives in Santiago, Chile, that illuminate the Carabineros' relations with the public. The knowledge of the Carabineros' institutional identity contributes to an explanation of why this corps joined in the 1973 military coup, instead of defending the national government as it swore to do.
Keywords
Chile, Allende, Carabineros, Golpe de Estado, Populism, Latin America
Recommended Citation
Lamson, Jeffrey O., "La Identidad de Los Carabineros de Chile: The Evolving Identity of Chile's National Police Force and the 1973 Military Coup" (2014). Honors Theses. Paper 745.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/745
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