Round 12: Tossup 14

Stafford Beer built a network of telex machines to manage this country’s economy which lessened the impact of a (10[1])1972 truckers strike. On the so-called “Day of National Dignity,” one leader of this country passed a law to nationalize its copper industry. This country used the ship Esmeralda and a national stadium nicknamed the “Colossus” as detention centers. In 1988, this country voted to return to democracy after the 16-year rule of a leader advised by the Chicago Boys. A socialist president of this country killed himself in the La Moneda Palace after a 1973 coup ousted him. For 10 points, in what country was Salvador Allende (“ah-YEN-day”) overthrown by Augusto Pinochet ■END■

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