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Revision as of 00:59, April 16, 2007
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, came to power in 1970 after received narrowly beating his closest opponent with of 36.3 percent of the vote. [1] The Congress gave him the presidency but placed limits on his power.Template:Fact-political Whether he was "democratically elected" has been hotly debated ever since.
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. Salvador Allende died during the coup, possibly at his own hands. [1]
In 1973, at the height of numerous Cold War crisis's occurring simulataneously worldwide, the socialist government was overthrown in a coup d'etat. The Chilean National Commision on Truth and Reconciliation concluded in its 1991 report, "Within hours Chile's elected president, Salvador Allende, lay dead (this report concludes that he committed suicide), and a military junta presided took power."[2] Many in the US vigorously protested both the CIA's alleged involvement in the coup, and the appalling human rights violations that followed, including the murder of Victor Jara, a popular songwriter and musician and ardent supporter of Allende. Jara was one of several thousand Chileans who were taken into custody the day after the coup. He was tortured for several days, then shot to death.[3]
The Senate Intelligence Committe under Senator Frank Church investigated US involement and exonerated the Nixon administration of any unlawful activity. [4][5] [2] [3]
References
- ↑ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDallende.htm spartacus
- ↑ http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/reports/chile/chile_1993_introeng.html
- ↑ http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/reports/chile/1993_pt3ch1_A2a2_153-167.html
- ↑ 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.
External link
- What Really Happened In Chile 30 Years Ago, James R. Whelan, Wall Street Journal Online, 12 September 2003.
- CIA Activities in Chile, September 18, 2000.