Salvador Allende Pins and Buttons
Description: Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ aˈʝende ˈɣosens]; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. Allende's involvement in Chilean political life spanned a period of nearly forty years. As a member of the Socialist Party, he was a senator, deputy and cabinet minister. He unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 elections. In 1970, he won the presidency in a close three-way race. He was elected in a run-off by Congress as no candidate had gained a majority. As president, Allende adopted a policy of nationalization of industries and collectivisation; due to these...
Description: Salvador Allende was a Chilean socialist, whose democratically elected government was overthrown by the CIA and replaced with a military dictatorship on September 11th, 1973 that lasted until 1990. Check out more of my art and products at https://spacedoglaika.com/
Salvador Allende Silhouette - Chilean Socialist, Leftist, Marxist Pin
by SpaceDogLaika
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Description: This design comes from a historical internationalist solidarity poster about Chile, which I have carefully restored and recolored by hand in order to preserve this interesting piece of history. The original poster was made in 1976 by Ernesto García Peña, in Havana, for OSPAAAL. Historically, the poster sits in the aftermath of the 11 September 1973 coup in Chile, when the armed forces overthrew socialist President Salvador Allende and established a military dictatorship. Check out more of my art and products at https://spacedoglaika.com/
Chilean People Will Smash Fascism - Allende, Anti-Fascist, Socialist Pin
by SpaceDogLaika
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