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Allende (Gossens), Salvador 1908-1973.
Chilean left-wing politician. Elected
president 1970 as the candidate of the
Popular Front alliance, Allende never
succeeded in keeping the electoral alliance
together in government. His failure to solve
the country's economic problems or to deal
with political subversion allowed the army,
backed by the CIA, to stage the 1973 coup
which brought about the death of Allende and
many of his supporters. Allende, born in
Valparaiso, became a Marxist activist in the
1930s and rose to prominence as a
presidential candidate in 1952, 1958, and
1964. In each election he had the support of
the socialist and communist movements but was
defeated by the Christian Democrats and
Nationalists. As president, his socialism and
nationalization of US-owned copper mines led
the CIA to regard him as a communist and to
their involvement in the coup that replaced
him by Gen Pinochet.