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Bookmark or Share- Salvador Allende | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin ...Summary. Salvador Allende Gossens (1908–1973), democratically elected President of Chile in 1970, pledged to move Chile to socialism within a constitutional framework. A medical doctor by training, and a long-time member of the Socialist Party, Allende won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 1937 and the Senate in 1945.
- Salvador Allende, Chilean President - ThoughtCoSalvador Allende was Chile's first socialist president who embarked on an agenda of improving the living conditions of poor people and peasants. While popular with Chileans, Allende's social programs were undermined by both national conservative forces and the Nixon administration.
- Salvador Allende | Chilean President & Socialist LeaderSalvador Allende (born June 26, 1908, Valparaíso, Chile—died September 11, 1973, Santiago) was Chile’s first socialist president. Allende, born into an upper-middle-class family, received his medical degree in 1932 from the University of Chile, where he was a Marxist activist.
- Isabel Allende | Biography, Books, Awards, Movies, & FactsIsabel Allende is a Chilean American writer in the magic realist tradition who was one of the first successful women novelists from Latin America. Her books include The House of the Spirits, The Infinite Plan, Daughter of Fortune, In the Midst of Winter, and A Long Petal of the Sea.
- Salvador Allende - WikipediaSalvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973. As a democratic socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.
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