Salvador Allende
| Salvador Allende link Spartacus Website (Medical doctor, Civil servant, Politician) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens 1908-06-26 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 1973-09-11 Santiago, Chile |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Children | Beatriz Allende, Carmen Paz Allende, Isabel Allende |
| Spouse | Hortensia Bussi |
| Party | Socialist Party of Chile |
The first marxist to be elected in South America. Deposed by the CIA. | |
Salvador Allende was the President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.
Coup
On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a coup d'état sponsored by the CIA.
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“We are faced with forces that operate in the shadows, without a flag, with powerful weapons, positioned in the most varied places of influence....The aggression of the large capitalist companies aims to prevent the emancipation of the people. It represents a direct attack against the economic interests of the workers....We are facing a true frontal conflict between large corporations and states. Their fundamental decisions - political, economic and military - seem to be interfered with by global organizations that do not depend on any state and that, in the sum of their activities, do not respond to or are supervised by any Parliament, by any institution representing the collective interest. In a word, it is the entire political structure of the world that is being undermined.”
Salvador Allende (December 1972) [1]
Death
Wikipedia has a separate article on Allende's death.[2]