Salvador allende, chiles first socialist president. Former chilean president allendes death confirmed as. Chiles coup against salvador allende and the truth behind. Four times a presidential candidate, he won in 1970 by a narrow plurality.
Victor figueroa clark guides us through allendes life and political project, answering some of the most frequently asked questions. From his childhood in valparaiso to his death during the pinochet military coup on september 11, 1973, the life and works of chilean president salvador allende. He committed suicide under mysterious circumstances as troops surrounded his. Through archival footage and eyewitness and participant accounts, the film recreates the military assault on the moneda, allendes last.
Maduro felicita al personal medico del cdi salvador. A judge had ordered exhumation of the body as part of a human rights. Salvador allende became chiles first socialist president in 1970 before committing suicide during a 1973 military coup. The death of salvador allende, the former chilean president, during the 1973 coup that deposed him may not have been suicide, according to a forensics expert who claims to have found evidence of. Buried, cementerio general, santiago, chile gender. He participated in the founding 1933 of chiles socialist party. Santiago, chilechilean investigators pried off a concrete slab and carried a flagdraped coffin to a laboratory monday, hoping to put an end to the 38yearold debate about how president. Salvador allende also reveals littleknown, more intimate aspects of the man, with moving personal reminiscences of his sense of humor, his remarkable energy, personal charisma and popular political appeal.
Barrio adentro ii salvador allende cdi chuao direccion. Fortyone years agoon september 11, 1973chiles socialist president, salvador allende, was overthrown in a coup. Allendes speeches here are also a testimony to what was happening in chile during the three revolutionary years he was in power. In 1973, political tensions were high in chile, with conflict arising between the socialist president salvador allende and the more conservative congress of chile. Salvador allende en chuao, municipio baruta del estado miranda. His father, salvador allende castro, was a lawyer, while his mother, laura gossens uribe, was a homemaker and devout catholic. Salvador allende gossens was born on june 26, 1908 in the chilean capital, santiago, to an uppermiddle class family. Justice my father lost his life through a bombing, by agents of a man who henry kissinger supported the world. Death of chiles president salvador allende may not have.
Chilean president salvador allende committed suicide. Salvador allende was the president of chile from 1970 until 1973 when he died, and head of the popular unity government. The daughters of salvador allende, isabel centre and carmen paz second right and congressman juan pablo letelier left speak to journalists during allendes exhumation in santiago in may 2011. Salvador allende by victor figueroa clark overdrive.
In early september 1970, salvador allende was elected president of chile in a. Biography of salvador allende the chilean way to socialism 26 june 1908 11 september 1973 salvador allende gossens was born in valparaiso, chile, on june 26, 1908 from a wealthy family. This is a political biography of one of the 20th centurys most emblematic leftwing figures salvador allende, who was president of chile until he was ousted by general pinochet in a ussupported coup in 1973. He immediately established diplomatic relations with cuba and china, and nationalized a number of u. Biography of salvador allende, chilean president, latin. Inmediately when being elected, the owners of the country, national and foreign started to plot to destroy the economy. Cdi y sri salvador allende permanently closed, miranda. Legal medical service experts remove the coffin of chiles late president salvador allende from his tomb after being exhumed in santiago, chile, monday may 23, 2011. Allendes leftist regime i dont see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. Chiles legal medical service confirmed tuesday that the cause of president salvador allendes death in 1973 was suicide.
Salvador allende was a man who tried to make radical changes in chilean society through peaceful means, of course the ruling class never accepted this. Salvador allende gossens was elected president of chile in 1970. Allende, born into an uppermiddleclass family, received his medical degree in 1932 from the university of chile, where he was a marxist activist. Salvador allende 19081973 was a physician, helped found the chilean socialist party in 1933, was minister of health 193942 and president of the senate 196569. Salvador allende biography childhood, life achievements. He was the first marxist to become the president of a latin american country through open elections.
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