Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende was was born July 26, 1908, in Valparaiso. Allende was a member of the Socialist Party of Chile. Allende, representing a coalition of Marxist parties won electionTemplate:See:http://foia.state.gov/Reports/ChurchReport.asp to the Presidency of Chile in 1970. He received a plurality of 36.3 percent of the vote.
In 1973, at the height of numerous Cold War crisis's occurring simulataneously worldwide, the socialist government was overthrown in a coup d'etat lead by Augusto Pinochet. [1] He followed Eduardo Frei Montalva.
During his government, Allende instituted a plan called "La vía chilena al socialismo" which lead to widespread disruption of the Chilean economy. The media wrote extensively of his failures. He "nationalized" many industries. Augusto Pinochet, his trusted general, betrayed him in a coup and became the president of Chile. Salvador Allende died during the coup, possibly at his own hands. [2]
The CIA's involvement in the coup was vigorously protested by US leftists.
The Senate Intelligence Committe under Senator Frank Church investigated US involement and exonerated the Nixon administration of any unlawful activity. [3][4] [2] [3]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDallende.htm spartacus
- ↑ Church Report. Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973. United States Senate. 94th Cong. 1st Ses. GPO 63-372. Washington. 1975.
- ↑ Falcoff, Mark, Kissinger and Chile, Commentary Magazine, 10 November 2003.
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External link
- What Really Happened In Chile 30 Years Ago, James R. Whelan, Wall Street Journal Online, 12 September 2003.