| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Allende, Salvador |
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| (ah-YEN-de) A Marxist (see Marxism) who was elected president of Chile in 1970. He set the country on a radical course, which aroused opposition from the middle class and the army. He was overthrown and died during an army coup supported by the CIA in 1973. | 1 |
| ‡ Allende remains a hero to many on the left wing in Latin America. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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