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Allende Gossens

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

noun

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


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Allende, a former journalist, has even scored a success in her native Chile, despite the fact that the present government came to power after the 1973 assassination of her uncle, Marxist President Salvador Allende Gossens.

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An economist, a lawyer and a committed Socialist, he was sent to Washington as Santiago's ambassador by Chile's Marxist President Salvador Allende Gossens in 1971.

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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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So recently declared Chilean President Salvador Allende Gossens, the first Marxist head of state to win office through a free election.

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