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    and self sufficiency is all dependent on said nation 's economy, a nation with a doomed economy is bound to fall and fail its people. Such is the case with the South American country Chile, in 1973 under President Allende’s socialist regime. Salvador Allende was the short-lived president of Chile ruling from 1970 to 1973. During Allende’s reign, socialist destruction ensued, with crime breaking out frequently, complete totalitarian rule with all forms of media being regulated and controlled by a

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    Chile, Salvador Allende, was refrained from gaining political power and the tactics used to destabilize the government after his election in 1970, this evaluation will try to answer the question: To what extent was the involvement of the United States government and the CIA responsible for the downfall of Salvador Allende? The primary sources which will be evaluated are a book written by Morton Halperlin, in which he exposes the misdeeds of the American organizations in the case against Allende and

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    regain its sovereignty as the leader, Salvador Allende, had to reconstruct a new Chilean identity that abandoned the national notion that Chile did “not possess a culture of their own” or wasn’t “literate” enough, to govern itself (Rivera 25). Inspired by Marxism, Allende led a socialist movement that would reshape the Chilean economy through the nationalization of major industries, as well as redistribute income through tax and land reform. Salvador Allende his rapid socialist movement became an

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    CIA, to Salvador Allende’s political downfall. To adequately evaluate the involvement of the United States and the CIA, this investigation emphasizes the multiple measures and operations taken through distinctive cases of economic plots, operations track 1 and 2, as well as the infiltration into Chilean political and military factions. This investigation strives to answer the question: How did the United States and the CIA significantly contribute to the political downfall of Salvador Allende?

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    Goddard Comp II ENC 1102-10108 November, 15 2017 Title Isabel Allende was born on August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru, to Tomás and Francisca Allende. Isabel Allende is the goddaughter of Salvador Allende, the first socialist president of Chile who was her father 's cousin. Allende’s father was a diplomat and deserted the family when Allende was just two years. Allende, her siblings, and mother then moved in with her grandfather in Chile. Allende remembers herself as a rebellious child during those years

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    Coup In Chile Essay

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    overthrow the socialist president Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity government. Salvador Allende took office in 1970 as President of Chile, the first Marxist politician in the world who came to power through general elections in a state of Derecho.For His government, marking reformist, was characterized by a growing polarization society and politics in a tough economic crisis that led to a strong social upheaval. The ability to execute a coup against the Allende government existed even before

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    Chilean Military Coup

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    previously disclosed prior knowledge of the plot that overthrew Salvador Allende but despite incriminating documentation revolving around President Nixon and Henry Kissinger, the CIA denies direct involvement by the U.S government in the events that followed. On the 11th of September 1973, the Chilean Armed Forces under the command of General Augusto Pinochet began the overthrow of the democratically elected Socialist President Salvador Allende. Under Pinochet's reign, 250,000 people were detained,

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    Isabel Allende is 73 and was born on August 2, 1942. She was born in Lima, Peru, but later moved to Santiago, Chile. Isabel is a famous Chilean-American writer, whose novels are often based off her personal experience. Isabel was born with the name Isabel Allende Llona, the daughter of Francisca Llona Bars and Tomás Allende. In 1945, after her father disappeared, Isabel's mother relocated with her children to Santiago, Chile, where they lived until 1953. In the years 1953 to 1958, her mother

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    responsible for the 1973 Overthrow of Allende in Chile? The investigation analyses the 1973 overthrow of Allende in Chile during the Cold War. Since the 1973 military coup of President Allende, many historians have argued that Allende was overthrown due to his failed economic policy, while others say it was because of the United States interventions. To understand the Overthrow of Allende in Chile, this examination focuses on why the United States considered Allende dangerous, the US Central Intelligence

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    Salvador Allende was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. During Allende’s presidency the nueva canción became an integral part of Chilean culture. In 1973 there

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