Marxist socialist leader [[Salvador Allende]] was democraticly elected in Chile in 1970 in a minority government run by the Popular Unity Party. Allende's economic policy, known as the Vuskovic Plan, sought to achieve transition to socialism. The Vuskovic Plan involved nationalization of large foreign enterprises, land redistribution to farmers, and redistribution of income. The majority in Parliament never supported it and the plan was never carried out as Allende was overthrown and killed by the military, in a coup supported by the CIA.
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Marxist socialist leader [[Salvador Allende]] was democraticly elected in Chile in 1970 in a minority government run by the Popular Unity Party. Allende's economic policy, known as the Vuskovic Plan, sought to achieve transition to socialism. The Vuskovic Plan involved nationalization of large foreign enterprises, land redistribution to farmers, and redistribution of income. The majority in Parliament never supported it and the plan wle]as never carried out as Allende was overthrown and killed by the military, in a coup supported by the CIA.[[Media:http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm]]