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Salvador Allende was appointed president of Chile after the elections of the coalition of leftist parties

54
years ago

24 October 1970,

Salvador Allende was appointed president of Chile after the elections of the coalition of leftist parties. I wanted to bring the country of the capitalist system to the socialist with a concrete programme. The US Government did everything possible to get out of power. An atmosphere of instability and the coup of the Chilean navy occurred in 1973, initiating the military dictatorship of Augustus Pinochet.

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