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'''Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens''' (b. [[Valparaíso]] July 26, 1908–d. Santiago, on September 11, 1973) was a Chilean medic, physician and politician, member of the [[Socialist Party of Chile]] who worked as an agent for the [[KGB]] since 1952.<ref name=KGB/> He ruled as the [[President of Chile]] from 1970 to 1973. A self-proclaimed "militant socialist", "marxist-leninist" and [[demagogue]], his overthrow and death are very controversial.
'''Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens''' (b. [[Valparaíso]] July 26, 1908–d. Santiago, on September 11, 1973) was a Chilean medic, physician and politician, member of the [[Socialist Party of Chile]] who worked as an agent for the [[KGB]] since 1952.<ref name=KGB/> He ruled as the [[President of Chile]] from 1970 to 1973. A self-proclaimed "militant socialist", "marxist-leninist" and [[demagogue]], his overthrow and death are very controversial.
==History==
==Political History==
===Background===
===Background===
Allende ran for President in 1952, 1958 and 1964, loosing on all of the occasions.
Allende ran for President in 1952, 1958 and 1964, loosing on all of the occasions.
<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/09/19/us.cia.chile.ap/]</ref>
<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/09/19/us.cia.chile.ap/]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/ch01-01.htm]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/ch01-01.htm]</ref>
===Unknown controversial statements===
Chilean historian Víctor Farías published a controversial book, which could only be published thanks to a small publishing house in the face of the boycott by the country's major publishing houses, in which he collected the most polemic writings of the myth and martyr of the international left: Salvador Allende. The basic texts for the analysis of the Popular Unity leader's thought are his doctoral thesis - "Mental Hygiene and Delinquency"- and the Sterilization Law project he presented during his time as Minister of Health of the [[Pedro Aguirre Cerda]] Government.
In his doctoral thesis, Allende proposed the sterilization of the mentally ill, the punishment of homosexuals and harshly attacked the Jews, whom he described very graphically: "The Hebrews are characterized by certain forms of crime: swindling, falsehood, slander and, above all, usury". He considered the revolutionaries as mentally deranged and denounced "the pernicious influence that an apparently normal individual can exert on the masses and that, in reality, when studied, would show us that he belongs to a certain group of mental disorders (...) this type of collective disorders sometimes have epidemiological characteristics, and that is why when revolutionary movements break out in certain countries, they spread with incredible speed to neighboring states."
Perhaps more dangerous was the second of the texts, the Sterilization Bill, which he attempted to pass in parliament. With it he tried to institutionalize measures such as sterilization or the compulsory introduction of treatment for venereal diseases or drug addicts. Allende himself explained that it was "a legislative tripod in defense of the race", which included the imposition of compulsory treatment for drug addicts and those infected by venereal diseases, in addition to considering their contagion as a crime and the "sterilization of the mentally alienated".
In addition, the relatives of the sick were prevented from appearing in these proceedings. It also established therapies to deal with homosexuality, which it considered an illness. The text placed special emphasis on the problem of alcoholism, also proposing its sterilization, knowing that it did not cure the addiction and that it was, therefore, a measure based on punishment with no other objectives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127130102/https://gaceta.es/noticias/allende-racista-defensor-esterilizacion-forzosa-inspira-pablo-iglesias-23062016-2013|title=Allende, un racista defensor de la esterilización forzosa que inspira a Pablo Iglesias|language=es|date=June 23, 2016|publisher=La Gaceta}}</ref>
==References==
==References==