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Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973. As a socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.
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Born 26 June 1908 · Died 11 September 1973 · Q440
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t be taken alive even as Pinochet ordered an all-out attack on La Moneda. The palace was bombed by fighter jets and the air thick with tear gas and smoke as the building went up in flames. Allende had ordered his allies to surrender, but he stayed behind. What happened next has always been shrouded in mystery. The deposed president
Stalin was an example of creativity, humanism and an edifying example of peace and heroism! [...] Everything that he did, he did at the service of the people. Our father Stalin is dead, but when remembering his example, our affection towards him will make our arms grow strong for the building of a great tomorrow, to assure a future in memory of his magnificent example.
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“t be taken alive even as Pinochet ordered an all-out attack on La Moneda. The palace was bombed by fighter jets and the air thick with tear gas and smoke as the building went up in flames. Allende had ordered his allies to surrender, but he stayed behind. What happened next has always been shrouded in mystery. The deposed president”
A Chilean court opened a criminal investigation into the circumstances of Allende's death
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The Salvador Allende Monument, Montreal, was installed in Parc Jean-Drapeau
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“Il governo di Unidad Popular rappresentò il primo tentativo, mai compiuto altrove, di costruire una limpida transizione al socialismo, che, rifacendosi alle sue origini, non sarebbe stato guidato da una burocrazia autoritaria, ma da un autogoverno democratico. (dall'editoriale del North American Council on Latin America (NACLA) del luglio 2003)”
By the CIA confirmed that before the elections of 1970, ITT gave $700,000 to Allende's conservative opponent, Jorge Alessandri, with help from the CIA on how to channel the money safely
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By a woman who had found them in La Moneda in 1973
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A memorial stone dedicated to him was erected in the Gajnice neighbourhood of Zagreb
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Shortly after the 11 September 1973 coup in Chile that ended the socialist government of Salvador Allende
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Died 1973-09-11.
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“Pagherò con la mia vita la difesa dei princìpi che sono cari a questa Patria.”
Was displeased with the direction of educational policy), and eventually the Christian Democrats
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“Stalin was an example of creativity, humanism and an edifying example of peace and heroism! [...] Everything that he did, he did at the service of the people. Our father Stalin is dead, but when remembering his example, our affection towards him will make our arms grow strong for the building of a great tomorrow, to assure a future in memory of his magnificent example.”
“Now the question is, "Who is going to use whom?" Even accepting the form of the question, the answer is the proletariat. If it wasn't so I wouldn't be here. I am working for Socialism and through Socialism.”
“As for the bourgeois state, at the present moment, we are seeking to overcome it, to overthrow it.… Our objective is total, scientific, Marxist socialism.”
“We already had success in creating a democratic, national government that is revolutionary and popular. That is how socialism begins, not with decrees.”
“We start from different ideological positions. For you, to be a Communist or a Socialist is to be totalitarian; for me no.… On the contrary, I think Socialism frees man.”
“Ser joven y no ser revolucionario es una contradicción, incluso biológica.”
“I have been to Cuba many times. I have spoken many times with Fidel Castro and got to know Commander Ernesto Guevara well enough. I know Cuba's leaders and their struggle. It has been difficult to overcome the blockade. But the reality in Cuba is very different from that in Chile. Cuba came from a dictatorship, and I arrived at the presidency after being senator for 25 years.”
“I have experience and I am employing it in the service of a Chilean road for Chile's problems. We always take advantage of experience wherever it comes from, but adapting it to our reality. I am putting it to use in a Chilean way, for the problems of Chile. We are not anyone's mental colonists.”
“Opis: dedykacja Guevary napisana na jego książce, którą Allende dostał w latach 60.”
“Opis: napis na wieńcu złożonym na grobie Allende ku jego pamięci”
“Opis: do szefa CIA, gdy prezydent Chile ogłosił nacjonalizację przemysłu wydobywczego.”
“Recull de citacions de l'últim discurs del President Salvador Allende donat l'11 de setembre de 1973 al Palacio de la Moneda, durant el transcurs del cop d'estat que el va derrocar:”
“[Ultime parole pronunciate a Radio Magellanes prima di morire l'11 settembre 1973] Viva il Cile! Viva il popolo! Viva i lavoratori! Queste sono le mie ultime parole e ho la certezza che il mio sacrificio non sarà vano. Ho la certezza che, per lo meno, ci sarà una lezione morale che castigherà la vigliaccheria, la codardia e il tradimento.”
“The last radio broadcast of Allende (11 September 1973 at 9:10 am.) Spanish text with English translation · Audio mp3”
“Algún día América tendrá una voz de continente, una voz de pueblo unido. Una voz que sea respetada y oída porque será la voz de pueblos dueños de su propio destino.”
“Essere giovane e non essere rivoluzionario è una contraddizione, persino biologica.”
“A nosotros, los países subdesarrollados, se nos quiere condenar a ser realidad de segunda clase. Siempre subordinada.”
“(es) La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.”
“Aquí no hay primavera de Praga, es la primavera de Chile.”
“Stalin è stato un esempio di creatività, umanesimo e un edificante esempio di pace ed eroismo! [...] Tutto quello che ha fatto, lo ha fatto al servizio del popolo. Nostro padre Stalin è morto, ma ricordando il suo esempio, il nostro affetto verso di lui farà crescere le nostre braccia per la costruzione di un grande domani, per assicurare un futuro in memoria del suo magnifico esempio.”
“Colocado en un tránsito histórico, pagaré con mi vida la lealtad al pueblo.”
“El hombre de los países industriales ha llegado a la luna dominando la naturaleza. ¿Es justo que el hombre ponga un pie sobre la luna? ¿O no sería más justo que los grandes países pongan los pies sobre la tierra y se den cuenta que hay millones de personas que no tienen trabajo y que sufren de hambre?.”
“Davant d'aquests fets només em cal dir als treballadors: No renunciaré! Col·locat en un trànsit històric, pagaré amb la meva vida la lleialtat del poble.”
“El pueblo debe defenderse, pero no sacrificarse. El pueblo no debe dejarse arrasar ni acribillar, pero tampoco puede humillarse.”
“Viva Chile! ¡Viva el pueblo! ¡Vivan los trabajadores! Estas son mis últimas palabras y tengo la certeza que por lo menos será una lección moral que castigará la felonía, la cobardía y la traición.”
“Tenen la força, podran avassallar-nos, però no s'aturen els processos socials ni amb el crim... ni amb la força. La història és nostra i la fan els pobles.”
“La base política de mi gobierno esta formada por marxistas, por laicos y cristianos, y respetamos el pensamiento cristiano; interpreta el verbo de Cristo, que echó a los mercaderes del templo.”
“El poble ha de defensar-se, però no sacrificar-se. El poble no ha de deixar-se arrasar ni crivellar, però tampoc pot humiliar-se.”
“Treballadors de la meva pàtria: tinc fe en Xile i el seu destí. Superaran altres homes aquest moment gris i amarg on la traïció pretén imposar-se. Segueixin sabent que, molt més d'hora que tard, de nou s'obriran les grans alberedes per on passi l'home lliure per construir una societat millor.”
“Aquestes són les meves últimes paraules i tinc la certesa que el meu sacrifici no serà pas en va. Tinc la certesa que, almenys, hi haurà una lliçó moral que castigarà la traició, la covardia i la traició.”
“Cadrà una maledizione su quelli che hanno violato le loro promesse, venendo meno alla parola data e distrutto la dottrina delle Forze Armate.”
“Il popolo deve stare allerta e vigile. Non deve lasciarsi provocare, né lasciarsi massacrare, ma deve anche difendere le sue conquiste. Deve difendere il diritto a costruire con il suo impegno una vita degna e migliore.”
“Estas son mis últimas palabras y tengo la certeza de que mi sacrificio no será en vano, tengo la certeza de que por lo menos será una lección moral que castigará la felonía, la cobardía y la traición.”
“È possibile che ci annientino, ma il domani apparterrà al popolo, apparterrà ai lavoratori. L'umanità avanza verso la conquista di una vita migliore.”
“La Revolución no pasa por la universidad, y esto hay que entenderlo; la Revolución pasa por las grandes masas; la Revolución la hacen los pueblos; la Revolución la hacen, esencialmente, los trabajadores.”
“Este es un gobierno de mierda, pero es mi gobierno. Viva el gobierno. (cartellone apparso durante una manifestazione popolare nel 1972)”
Allende explained his reasons for agreeing to the guarantees
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Before dropping again in 1973 to the lowest ever recorded
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Chile re-established diplomatic relations with Cuba, joining Mexico and Canada in rejecting a previously established Organization of American States convention prohibiting governments in the Western Hemisphere from estab
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“Viva il Cile indipendente e sovrano! (Frase finale di un discorso tenuto l'11 luglio 1971 per il Giorno della solidarietà e della dignità nazionale)”
Election won: 1970 election.
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Won the presidency as the candidate of the Popular Unity coalition in a close three-way race
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Campaign: 1970 election.
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Immediately before he took office ("Project FUBELT")
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Before Allende was elected, ITT owned 70% of Chitelco, the Chilean Telephone Company and funded El Mercurio, a Chilean right-wing newspaper
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Career landmark: President of Chile (1970–1973).
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Career landmark: president of the Senate of Chile (1966–1969).
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Eduardo Frei had promised a "Revolution in Liberty", a middle-class revolution that was funded by the United States government's Alliance for Progress
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Allende lost once more as the FRAP candidate, polling 38
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Again as the FRAP candidate, Allende obtained 28
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As candidate for the Frente de Acción Popular (Popular Action Front, FRAP), he obtained only 5
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Allende became senator for the Valdivia, Llanquihue, Chiloé, Aisén, and Magallanes provinces; then for Tarapacá and Antofagasta in 1953; for Aconcagua and Valparaíso in 1961; and once more for Chiloé, Aisén, and Magallan
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Career landmark: senator of Chile (1945–1970).
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Career landmark: general secretary (1943–1944).
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Was again elected deputy while the Popular Front was renamed Democratic Alliance
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Career landmark: Chilean minister of Health (1939–1942).
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Allende was in charge of the electoral campaign of the Popular Front headed by Pedro Aguirre Cerda
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Was elected Deputy of Valparaíso and Aconcagua and, in 1938, he served as Undersecretary General of the Socialist Party of Chile
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Career landmark: deputy of Chile (1937–1939).
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At age 27, he was relegated to the city of Caldera for the second time and, in 1936, he founded the Popular Front in Valparaíso
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Published his doctoral thesis Higiene Mental y Delincuencia (Crime and Mental Hygiene) in which he criticized Cesare Lombroso's proposals
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Allende co-founded with Marmaduque Grove and others a section of the Socialist Party of Chile in Valparaíso and became its chairman
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Began practicing as a physician and anatomo-pathologist in the morgue of the Van Buren Hospital
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Was expelled from the university and relegated to the north
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Became the representative of the students of the School of Medicine
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Entered the Grand Lodge of Chile and was elected vice president of the Federation of Students of the University of Chile in 1929
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At the age of 18, he studied medicine at the University of Chile in Santiago and was elected President of the Student Center in 1927
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Attended the military service in the Cuirassier Regiment of Tacna
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Entered the Eduardo de la Barra school at the age of 16, studying there until 1924
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“Con las dificultades propias de los que caminan en un Ford del año 1920 y por un camino malo, vamos de tumbo en tumbo, pero avanzando, avanzando.”
Studied at the National Institute of Santiago, and from 1919 to 1921, he studied at the Liceo de Valdivia
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Moved with his family to the city of Tacna (then under Chilean administration) until he returned to his country to live in Iquique in 1916
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Born 1908-06-26.
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