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When the US helped kill democracy in Chile
Latin America

When the US helped kill democracy in Chile

50 years after a coup swept Augusto Pinochet into power, Washington’s role in the attack has come into focus.

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Asia-Pacific

Sino-US engagement was never 'normal,' but it wasn't a failure either

Nixon's detente with Beijing 50 years ago, despite lurches between optimism and hostility over the decades, is not unredeemable.

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Asia-Pacific

Chas Freeman on Nixon, China, and 'the week that changed the world'

Video: The young foreign service officer was the interpreter for the president on that trip 50 years ago, and had a front row seat to history.