Death of Salvador Allende
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On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende, the president of Chile, died by suicide during a coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. In 2011, after decades of
Allende's glasses, found in the Palacio de La Moneda after his death
Salvador Allende
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Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973. As a socialist committed to democracy, he has been
Death of Salvador Allende
…On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende, the president of Chile, died by suicide during a coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. In 2011, after…
Official portrait, 1970
Salvador Allende's birth certificate.
1958 presidential campaign with a train with Allende's face called the "Victory Train"
Salvador Allende in 1964