8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 1/9
Chile 1970-1990
Salvador Allende
Chile under Allende’s democratic government
Augusto Pinochet
1973 coup
US intervention in Chile
Chile under Pinochet military unta
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 2/9
Salvador Allende
• !orn "uly #$%190&% (alpara)so% Chile*died Septem!er 11%1973% Santiago
• +ar,ist activist
• Chile’s rst socialistpresident
• president o. Chile /ovem!er
% 1973-+arch 11% 1973• restructure Chilean society
along socialist lines
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 3/9
Chile Under Allende’s ule
• /ovem!er 1970% 3%000 scholarships 2ereallocated to +apuches children
• payment o. pensions and grants 2as resumed
•
an emergency plan providing .or the constructiono. 1#0%000 residential !uildings 2as launched
• proposed electricity price increase 2as 2ithdra2n
• n4ation rate .ell .rom 3$516 in 1970 to ##516 in
1971• minimum 2ages .or !lue-collar 2orers 2ere
increased !y 8$6
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 4/9
Chile Under Allende’s ule
• political prisoners 2ere granted amnesty
• !read prices 2ere ,ed
• 88%000 volunteers 2ere sent to the south o. the
country to teach 2riting and reading sills andprovide medical attention
• rent reductions 2ere carried out
• state-sponsored programs distri!uted .ree .ood
to the country’s neediest citiens• in the countryside% peasant councils 2ere
esta!lished to mo!ilie agrarian 2orers
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 5/9
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 6/9
1973 coup
• "une #9%1973 Colonel o!erto Soupersurrounded the <a +oneda presidentialpalace 2ith his tan regiment !ut .ailedto depose the Allende =overnment
• August 1973% a constitutional crisisoccurred
• # August 1973% 2ith the support o. theChristian >emocrats and /ational Partymem!ers% the Cham!er o. >eputiespassed &1?7 a resolution that ased
@the President o. the epu!lic% +inisterso. State% and mem!ers o. the Armed andPolice orces@ to @put an immediateend@ to @!reach o. the Constitution
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 7/9
1973 coup
• Septem!er 11% 1973
• Santiago:capital o.Chile;% Pinochet
!om!s thepresidential palace
• Allende re.used toleave
•
>elivered amessage andcommitted suicide
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 8/9
US intervention in Chile
• "orge Alessandri de.eated Allende in 198&presidential election
• U5S5 cut oB most o. its .oreign aid to Chile
and supported Allendes opponents inChile during his presidency
• U5S5 government had t2o approaches toghting +ar,ism as represented !yAllende5 Drac and
8/18/2019 Chile 1970-1990
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/chile-1970-1990 9/9
Chile under Pinochet’s +ilitary "unta
• 3%#00 2ere illed !ygovernment security .orces
• rst years o. the regime2ere mared !y human
rights violations• Eundreds o. thousands
2ere tortured% disappearedor .orced into e,ile
•
Caravan o. >eath% Chileandeath sFuad
• Suppression o. politicalactivity