LESSONS LEARNED 50 YEARS AFTER ALLENDE’S POPULAR UNITY GOVERNMENT IN CHILE
HE WAS THE FIRST MARXIST PRESIDENT TO COME TO POWER THROUGH DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS
2020-10-06 11:03
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It was 1952 and Salvador Allende was facing his first presidential campaign with few resources. He had the support of the Socialist Party, many of whose militants supported Carlos Ibáñez and the Communist Party, which was illegal and acted clandestinely. They acted as the National Front of the People. Expectations had been raised, as women were voting for the first time in a presidential election.