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In Altamirano's words Allende also rejected the option "to do as so many dictators and presidents of Latin America, that is to grab a briefcase full of money and take a plane out the country." [1] Allende was an admirer of José Manuel Balmaceda, a Chilean president who died by suicide in face of his defeat in the Chilean Civil War of 1891 ...
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens [A] (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician [4] [5] who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973. [6] As a socialist committed to democracy, [7] [8] he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin ...
At the time, few of Allende's supporters believed the explanation that Allende had killed himself. [112] Allende's body was exhumed in May 2011. The exhumation was requested by members of the Allende family, including his daughter Isabel who viewed the question of her father's death as "an insult to scientific intelligence."
In office, Allende pursued a policy he called "La vía chilena al socialismo" ("The Chilean Way to Socialism"). This included nationalization of certain large-scale industries (notably copper), of the healthcare system, continuation of his predecessor Eduardo Frei Montalva's policies regarding the educational system, a program of free milk for children, and land redistribution.
An authoritarian military dictatorship ruled Chile for seventeen years, between 11 September 1973 and 11 March 1990. The dictatorship was established after the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup d'état backed by the United States on 11 September 1973.
A hitman who was one of two people who shot and killed a man acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight has been jailed for life in Canada without the possibility of parole for 20 years.
The U.S. government believed that Allende would become closer to socialist countries such as Cuba and the Soviet Union. They feared that Allende would push Chile into socialism, resulting in the loss of all the U.S. investments made in Chile. [16] On 15 September 1970, before Allende took office, Richard Nixon gave the order to overthrow him.
Verdict: False. The scheduled meeting was canceled an hour after it began. Fact Check: In early December, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down on a New York City street as he left ...