Salvador Allende
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973. As a socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Santiago
- Educated at
- University of ChileInstituto Nacional General José Miguel CarreraQ5391867Q5975059Q5975072
- Awards
- 🏆 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit🏆 Lenin Peace Prize🏆 Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo🏆 Order of José Martí🏆 Order of Augusto César Sandino
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Trending topics shown first"Why Allende had to die" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in New Statesman 2013 republication"
"Workers of my country: I want to thank you for the loyalty that you always had, the confidence that you deposited in a man who was only an interpreter of great yearnings for justice, who gave his word…"
"Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people with my life. And I say to them that I am certain that the seeds which we have planted in the good conscience of thousands and tho…"
"As for the bourgeois state, at the present moment, we are seeking to overcome it, to overthrow it.… Our objective is total, scientific, Marxist socialism."
"I have experience and I am employing it in the service of a Chilean road for Chile's problems. We always take advantage of experience wherever it comes from, but adapting it to our reality. I am putti…"
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Timeline
1908
Born
Birth1973
Died
Death
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