Salvador Allende: Presente!
Today is Saturday, 3 November 2007.
On this day in 1970, Salvador Allende was inaugurated as freely-elected President of Chile.
On 11 September 1973, he was victim of a CIA-Chile Army coup, directed by Nixon and Kissinger. It remains unclear if Allende was murdered or killed himself, before he could be murdered.
From Chile: Obstinate Memory, a film by Patricio Guzman:
Chile: Obstinate Memory, Part 2:
Allende was a medical doctor and a Socialist. In a time when most poorer children in Chile had no access to milk, part of his program as president was free milk for all.
That was his great crime: at the end of the day, Allende believed even the poorest child deserves milk.
On this day in 1970, Salvador Allende was inaugurated as freely-elected President of Chile.
On 11 September 1973, he was victim of a CIA-Chile Army coup, directed by Nixon and Kissinger. It remains unclear if Allende was murdered or killed himself, before he could be murdered.
From Chile: Obstinate Memory, a film by Patricio Guzman:
Chile: Obstinate Memory, Part 2:
Allende was a medical doctor and a Socialist. In a time when most poorer children in Chile had no access to milk, part of his program as president was free milk for all.
That was his great crime: at the end of the day, Allende believed even the poorest child deserves milk.
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