Biography of Allende
Allende was a member of the World Council of the World, as well as the owner of the International Lenin Prize "For Strengthening the World between Peoples." Salvador Allende Gossensp. Salvador Allende Gossens was born on July 26 in Valparaiso Chile, in the family of a lawyer. In the year, he entered the medical faculty of the University of Santiago. During the years of study, Allende took part in student speeches against the dictatorship of President Ibanyes, he was arrested several times.
After graduating from the university in the year, he returned to Walparaiso and worked by profession. Then he met the life of ordinary people. Allende actively joined the political activity in the year when he became one of the founders of the Socialist Party Chile, and then was elected deputy secretary general and general secretary of this party. In the year, he was elected a deputy to the National Congress of the country, where he worked for eight years, actively engaged in legislative activities, especially in the field of social security and health care.
In years, he served as Minister of Health, and from the year-the post of senator was also the vice-chairman and chairman of the Senate. At the end of the x, the country's socialist parties formed an alliance - the Folk Action Front, which nominated Allende to the presidential post in, and years, all unsuccessfully. In the year, this alliance was transformed into the “People’s Unity” block - a wide coalition of the left -wing forces, which the main task proclaimed the struggle against the monopolies, the dominance of the imperialists and the beginning of the construction of socialism in Chile.
A year later, “popular unity” nominated Salvador as his candidate in the presidential election. In September, Allende became president of Chili and formed his government, which included representatives of all parties in Blok. The government pursued an anti -imperialist policy aimed at strengthening the national sovereignty of Chile, the elimination of foreign monopolies and weakening the positions of a large bourgeoisie.
A number of socio-economic transformations were also carried out-the salary of workers was increased, measures were taken to combat unemployment, free medical care was introduced, and councils with the participation of workers and trade unions, etc. were created at state enterprises. The government accelerated the implementation of the agrarian reform, begun by the previous president, E.
Frei, and a year later almost all large private land possessions were liquidated. All natural resources were nationalized, but during the nationalization of private companies and banks there was tension in relations with the United States, when North American firms that invested large capital in the Chilea copper -smelter, refused to accept compensation. Having created state monopolies, Salvador expected to receive funds for social programs with their help, but the economic situation in the country worsened, inflation grew, and the Western companies dissatisfied with nationalization were announced by Chili Economic boycott.
The president’s conflict arose with the parliament, which opposed the transfer of the economy under state control. As a result, the discontent of a significant part of the population by the reign of Alle leaned into mass demonstrations and strikes, and on September 11, a military coup, which was headed by Augusto Pinochet, was committed in the capital. Despite all the political miscalculations, Salvador Allende entered the world history and Chile history as a symbol of resistance to dictatorship and the struggle to restore genuine democracy.
He is the author of the book “History belongs to us”, a number of speeches and articles. Salvador was married. His wife is the Ortenses of Bussy, which he married in the year. They had three daughters: Carmen, Beatrice and Isabelle. Salvador Allende died as a result of a military coup on September 11 in Santiago Chile. For a long time it was believed that he died during the assault on the Presidential Palace, but in the year the government commission announced that he had committed suicide before the assault.
Allende erected a monument in front of the La Moneda Palace in Santiago, including his name is a street in Moscow. Persons of the day of March 17: - Lukino Visconti Italian director and cinema director, screenwriter, one of the founders of neorealism.