Salvador Allende - Wikipedia
WEBSalvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973. As a democratic socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.
Salvador Allende | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin …
WEBSummary. Salvador Allende Gossens (1908–1973), democratically elected President of Chile in 1970, pledged to move Chile to socialism within a constitutional framework. A medical doctor by training, and a long-time member of the Socialist Party, Allende won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 1937 and the Senate in 1945.
Isabel Allende | Biography, Books, Awards, Movies, & Facts
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Isabel Allende is a Chilean American writer in the magic realist tradition who was one of the first successful women novelists from Latin America. Her books include The House of the Spirits, The Infinite Plan, Daughter of Fortune, In the Midst of Winter, and A Long Petal of the Sea.
Salvador Allende | Chilean President & Socialist Leader
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Salvador Allende (born June 26, 1908, Valparaíso, Chile—died September 11, 1973, Santiago) was Chile’s first socialist president. Allende, born into an upper-middle-class family, received his medical degree in 1932 from the University of Chile, where he was a Marxist activist.
Isabel Allende’s Vision of History | The New Yorker
WEBSep 11, 2023 · The New Yorker Interview. Isabel Allende’s Vision of History. Fifty years after the overthrow of Salvador Allende, the novelist speaks about the Chilean coup and the threats to American...
Presidency of Salvador Allende - Wikipedia
WEBt. e. Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was a Socialist and Marxist elected to the national presidency of a liberal democracy in Latin America.
Salvador Allende, Chilean President - ThoughtCo
WEBSep 29, 2019 · Salvador Allende was Chile's first socialist president who embarked on an agenda of improving the living conditions of poor people and peasants. While popular with Chileans, Allende's social programs were undermined by both national conservative forces and the Nixon administration.
Political career of Salvador Allende | Britannica
WEBSalvador Allende, (born June 26, 1908, Valparaiso, Chile—died Sept. 11, 1973, Santiago), Socialist president of Chile (1970–73). Of upper-middle-class background, Allende took a degree in medicine and in 1933 helped found Chile’s Socialist Party. He ran for president unsuccessfully three times before winning narrowly in 1970.
Salvador Allende - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBSalvador Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a physician, senator, minister of health and the 28th President of Chile from November 3, 1970 until his death on September 11, 1973. He was a socialist and the first socialist president elected democratically (voted for by people) in South America. [2]
Death of Salvador Allende - Wikipedia
WEBOn September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende, President of Chile, died by suicide from gunshot wounds during a coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. After decades of suspicions that Allende might have been assassinated by the Chilean Armed Forces, a Chilean court authorized the exhumation …
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