Salvador+Allende

Salvador Allende- Was elected president of Chile in 1970, becoming the first socialist to gain power through a democratic election. During his years in office Allende redistributed land and wealth, nationalized the banks and the copper industry, and started relations with other communist countries such as Cuba, China, and the USSR. The Allende regime was overthrown by a US sponsored military coup lead by General Augusto Pinochet. This US action is very similar to other countries through out the world; in order to stop the spread of communism the US supported any opposing party. In place of the Allende regime rose a military dictatorship in which Pinochet sponsored a reign of terror which did not end until the mid 1990's.

Created by Benjamin Ellison and Hank Rudolph