Négocier l’asile diplomatique : les ambassades face au coup d’État du 11 septembre 1973 au Chili

Abstract

Following the September 11, 1973 coup d’État against the Popular Unity Government of Socialist President Allende, hundreds of Chileans and Latin Americans fled the junta’s repression by seeking refuge in embassies in Santiago de Chile. On the side of the European ambassadors, in constant interaction with institutional and non-institutional, international and national partners, and in a context of cold war mixing national and international logics, most of them found themselves having to negotiate diplomatic asylum with the junta as well as with their own governments – in a complex process of adapting from day to day.

Keywords

• diplomatic asylum
• coup d’État
• political refugee
• embassy
• solidarity