28th president of Chile (1908–1973)
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The first Marxist elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America, he spent forty years in Chilean politics before winning in 1970 — then died by suicide three years later as troops surrounded the presidential palace in a CIA-supported coup.
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens worked his way through nearly four decades of Chilean politics as a life-long Socialist Party member, holding positions as senator, deputy, and cabinet minister while losing presidential bids in 1952, 1958, and 1964. In 1970 he won as the Popular Unity coalition candidate in a close three-way race, taking office without a majority and chosen by Congress in a run-off. As president he pursued "The Chilean Path to Socialism" — nationalizing major industries, expanding education, improving working-class living standards — while navigating a fractured coalition be…
Sourced, dated quotes from Salvador Allende
Surely, this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The Air Force has bombed the antennas of Radio Magallanes. My words do not have bitterness but disappointment.
Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people with my life.
I address the youth, those who sang and gave us their joy and their spirit of struggle.
I have been to Cuba many times. I have spoken many times with Fidel Castro and got to know Commander Ernesto Guevara well enough. I know Cuba's leaders and their struggle.
I have experience and I am employing it in the service of a Chilean road for Chile's problems.
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