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
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
1973 Chilean coup d'état
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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of the socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government. Allende, who has been described as the first Marx
Golpe de Estado 1973
Sylvain Julienne durant le coup d’état au Chili en septembre 1973
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Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro in Chile, 1971 (See State visit by Fidel Castro to Chile).