Salvador Allende Quotes


If the U.S. is going to defend itself, why shouldn't we do the same? We only want to be treated equally, nothing more.


Citations

Allende, Salvador. Salvador Allende Reader: Chile's Voice of Democracy. Edited by James D. Cockcroft, Ocean Press, 2000.

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Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
  • Born: June 26, 1908
  • Died: September 11, 1973
  • Nationality: Chilean
  • Profession: Medical Doctor

Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and socialist politician, who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.