Salvador allende gossens was born on june 26, 1908 in the chilean capital, santiago, to an uppermiddle class family. Four times a presidential candidate, he won in 1970 by a narrow plurality. The daughters of salvador allende, isabel centre and carmen paz second right and congressman juan pablo letelier left speak to journalists during allendes exhumation in santiago in may 2011. A scientific autopsy has confirmed that chilean president salvador allende committed suicide during the 1973 coup that toppled his socialist government, court officials have announced. Salvador allende became chiles first socialist president in 1970 before committing suicide during a 1973 military coup. Inmediately when being elected, the owners of the country, national and foreign started to plot to destroy the economy. Victor figueroa clark guides us through allendes life and political project, answering some of the most frequently asked questions. The chilean economy was failing, the supreme court had denounced allendes government, and perhaps more importantly, the military had lost its respect for allende. Allende was the first marxist ever elected in free elections.
Salvador allende en chuao, municipio baruta del estado miranda. Allendes speeches here are also a testimony to what was happening in chile during the three revolutionary years he was in power. Chiles legal medical service confirmed tuesday that the cause of president salvador allendes death in 1973 was suicide. He studied and graduated in medicine from an early age takes intensively part in politics of his country. In early september 1970, salvador allende was elected president of chile in a. Allendes leftist regime i dont see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. From his childhood in valparaiso to his death during the pinochet military coup on september 11, 1973, the life and works of chilean president salvador allende.
Chilean president salvador allende committed suicide. Biography of salvador allende, chilean president, latin. Salvador allende was a man who tried to make radical changes in chilean society through peaceful means, of course the ruling class never accepted this. Salvador allende 19081973 was a physician, helped found the chilean socialist party in 1933, was minister of health 193942 and president of the senate 196569. He committed suicide under mysterious circumstances as troops surrounded his. Salvador allende by victor figueroa clark overdrive. A judge had ordered exhumation of the body as part of a human rights. Legal medical service experts remove the coffin of chiles late president salvador allende from his tomb after being exhumed in santiago, chile, monday may 23, 2011. Justice my father lost his life through a bombing, by agents of a man who henry kissinger supported the world.
Barrio adentro ii salvador allende cdi chuao direccion. Death of chiles president salvador allende may not have. The death of salvador allende, the former chilean president, during the 1973 coup that deposed him may not have been suicide, according to a forensics expert who claims to have found evidence of. He was the first marxist to become the president of a latin american country through open elections. Salvador allende was the president of chile from 1970 until 1973 when he died, and head of the popular unity government. Salvador allende gossens was elected president of chile in 1970. Salvador allende, chiles first socialist president. Salvador allende also reveals littleknown, more intimate aspects of the man, with moving personal reminiscences of his sense of humor, his remarkable energy, personal charisma and popular political appeal. Though the 1970 election was lawful, in august 1973 the chilean senate declared the allende government to be unlawful in large part due to its. Buried, cementerio general, santiago, chile gender. Biography of salvador allende the chilean way to socialism 26 june 1908 11 september 1973 salvador allende gossens was born in valparaiso, chile, on june 26, 1908 from a wealthy family. In 1973, political tensions were high in chile, with conflict arising between the socialist president salvador allende and the more conservative congress of chile. He immediately established diplomatic relations with cuba and china, and nationalized a number of u.
Santiago, chilechilean investigators pried off a concrete slab and carried a flagdraped coffin to a laboratory monday, hoping to put an end to the 38yearold debate about how president. His father, salvador allende castro, was a lawyer, while his mother, laura gossens uribe, was a homemaker and devout catholic. Cdi y sri salvador allende permanently closed, miranda. Allende, born into an uppermiddleclass family, received his medical degree in 1932 from the university of chile, where he was a marxist activist. Chiles coup against salvador allende and the truth behind. This is a political biography of one of the 20th centurys most emblematic leftwing figures salvador allende, who was president of chile until he was ousted by general pinochet in a ussupported coup in 1973. Former chilean president allendes death confirmed as. By the end of the 1960s, the polarization of chilean politics had overwhelmed the traditional civility of chiles vaunted democratic institutions. Chrome, edge, explorer, firefox, nokia mobilepcload. Maduro felicita al personal medico del cdi salvador. He participated in the founding 1933 of chiles socialist party. Through archival footage and eyewitness and participant accounts, the film recreates the military assault on the moneda, allendes last. Salvador allende biography childhood, life achievements.