This award has suffered some interruptions during its history. It was not granted in the first three years after the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet, who overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende in September 1973. It was restored by Regulation No. 4 of 22 December 1976 under the administration of Mayor . In the middle of the following decade, the then mayor of Santiago, Carlos Bombal, revoked the 1985 award to Jaime Miranda and his "Regreso sin causa" and ordered the suspension of the act granting the awards. The prize remained interrupted until 1988; the following year, under Mayor , Regulation No. 7 of 25 January restored it. The decision of the jury, which on that occasion granted a shared prize and four honorable mentions, was published on 26 June.