Salvador Allende was of Basque and Belgian descent.
His grandfather was a prominent physician and a social reformist who founded one of the first secular schools in Chile. Allende's family belonged to the Chilean upper middle class and had a long tradition of political involvement in progressive and liberal causes. He was the son of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Gossens Uribe. Early life Īllende was born on 26 June 1908 in Santiago. The military junta that took over dissolved the Congress of Chile, suspended the Constitution, and began a program of persecuting alleged dissidents, in which at least 3,095 civilians disappeared or were killed. įollowing Allende's death, General Augusto Pinochet refused to return authority to a civilian government, and Chile was later ruled by a military junta until 1990, ending more than four decades of uninterrupted democratic governance. Later that day, Allende died by suicide in his office. As troops surrounded La Moneda Palace, he gave his last speech vowing not to resign. On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a coup d'état supported by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He clashed with the right-wing parties that controlled Congress and with the judiciary. He was elected in a run-off by Congress, as no candidate had gained a majority.Īs president, Allende sought to nationalize major industries, expand education and improve the living standards of the working class. In 1970, he won the presidency as the candidate of the Popular Unity coalition, in a close three-way race. As a life-long committed member of the Socialist Party of Chile, whose foundation he had actively contributed to, he unsuccessfully ran for the national presidency in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 elections. Īllende's involvement in Chilean politics spanned a period of nearly forty years, having covered the posts of senator, deputy and cabinet minister.
He was the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America. Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens ( US: / ɑː ˈ j ɛ n d eɪ, - d i/, UK: / æ ˈ-, aɪ ˈ ɛ n-/, American Spanish: 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. Secretary of the Socialist Party of Chile The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.Valdivia, Osorno, Llanquihue, Chiloé, Aysén and Magallanes If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it.
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