Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.409.12.109
Object Name
Poster
Title
Orlando Leterlier
People
Orlando Leterlier; John Berger
Events
Chilean Coup; Assassination of Orlando Letelier
Date
around 1976
Description
Poster, 'Orlando Letelier, 1932 - 1976'
The poster includes a black and white photograph of Orlando Leterlier, who had been Minister of Defence before the Chilean Coup in 1973. Exiled to the USA in 1974, following torture under arrest, he was assassinated under the orders of the Pinochet dictatorship. Beneath the photograph is a poem by John Berger, from 1976.
