Solidarity Movement with Chile power to the regime to control media and restrict free speech. It became illegal to "publicly slander, libel, or offend the president of the Republic or any other high-level government, military, and police officials." The threat to free speech restricted the oppositional movement to Pinochet within Chile, and affected the solidarity movement's access to information within Chile. Short wave radio helped to spread information in the international arena. Radio Moscow produced daily segments about Chile, "mostly speeches and commentaries because [they] didn't have much information." They also reported on friends' and families' testimonies from within Chile. From 1974-1975 Radio Moscow
Government Junta of Chile (1973) Government Junta of Chile (1973) The Government Junta of Chile () was the military junta established to rule Chile during the military dictatorship that followed the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état backed by the United States. It was the executive and legislative branch of government until December 17, 1974. After that date, it functioned strictly as a legislative body until the return to democracy in 1990. On September 11, 1973, the day of the coup, the military officers issued an "Act of Constitution". The act established a junta government that immediately suspended the constitution,