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Allende Gossens

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[ah-yen-de gaw-sens] / ɑˈjɛn dɛ ˈgɔ sɛns /

noun

  1. Salvador, 1908–73, Chilean political leader: president 1970–73.


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Twice the committee quizzed him in closed sessions about covert U.S. efforts to prevent Salvador Allende Gossens from becoming President of Chile in 1970.

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Reading a story about alleged CIA action against foreign governments, she indicated that socialist Salvador Allende Gossens had ruled Chile "from 1963 to 1973."

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Inside, Chile's Marxist President Salvador Allende Gossens, 65, died in his office as a military junta took over his country.

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NOT long ago, pessimists were warning that if Salvador Allende Gossens became President of Chile, there would be civil war.

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In a television appeal, beleaguered President Salvador Allende Gossens declared that the country was on "the brink of civil war."

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