The rural population in the centralized valley of Chile has an abundance of long, dry, warm summers. Here one finds moderate sized haciendas and an underlying civil order that maintains the region. The North's mining district has abundant resources of copper, nitrate, and gold. In the South, many immigrant landowners claim that the winters are long, hard and rainy. This area is home to the largest concentration of Mapuche Indians and has the biggest distance between themselves and the center of power in Santiago. Santiago is Chile's only spectacular city that houses three million people or one third of the nation's population. Despite the relative size and population of this city, Santiago remains provincial and maintains a small town atmosphere. .
Since the 18th century, Chile had been ruled by the aristocrats who monopolized mining and controlled large plots of land. The aristocrats were mostly wealthy, working middle class individuals that also controlled the government as well. They tried to respect the rights of all political parties, but significantly favored the Christian Democrats on the Right. Opposition by the aristocrats in regards to other social groups in Chile was encountered in every aspect of society. In banks, courts, media, and Congress, members of this elite class permeated every social, economic, and political sector of Chilean life.
One group that encountered such opposition was the middle class, who worked in the copper mines and also in shipping. Many were English immigrants, who accepted the pre-existing democratic structure of the government. They tried several times to organize and obtain more influence in legislation dealing with their industry, but consistently failed. Eventually the middle class, from their desire to obtain more control, incorporated themselves into political parties like the Conservatives, Radicals, and Liberals. .
Middle class miners shared a special camaraderie because they shared the same exhausting work and lived in the same clustered villages.
From 1952 until 1973, different parties led Chile every six years with every new election. ... The 1970 elections gave the Socialist, Salvador Allende Grossens power. ... However, with help from the United States, a military coup ousted Allende in 1973 and placed Augusto Pinochet in power. ... from 1958 - present. ... From 1945 - 1948 there was democratic rule. ...
Henry Kissinger, while serving as United States Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977, once said, "I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people" (Weiner 23). ... In the fall of 1970, Chile hosted presidential elections. ... On September 4, 1970, Allende won presidential office by gaining 32% of the popular vote. ... By November 4, 1970, the Popular Unity party controlled 90% of Chilean banks that had been previously owned by private investors (Martinez). ... In March 1973, Chile held congressional elections. ...
At a meeting with Helm's on the 15 September 1970, President Nixon outlined his plans for Chile. ... When Nixon says "save Chile", he is referring to saving Chile from communism. ... Financing for the military, while always being substantial, doubled in the years between 1970 and 1973. The Chilean military led a coup against Allende on 11 September 1973. ... The US wished to protect its investments in Chile from nationalisation. ...
Agusto Pinochet The 1970 Chilean Presidential race was a three-way contest between former president, Jorge Alessandri (Alessandri), Socialist Salvador Allende (Allende), and Christian Democrat Radomiro Tomic (Tomic). ... Fearful of another Socialist country forming, the United States cut of all trades to Chile and removed American businesses from the country. ... On September 11, 1973 the brutal military coup came into power and overthrew Allende. ... During the period following Allende election in 1970 until the successful military coup, the U.S. was instrumental in pursuing his demise. ...
I am going to discuss the reign of the 1970-1973 Chilean President and I am going to include the research path that I took to obtain the information that I found about the Allende government. ... Once I established enough information from the Internet, I then headed off to the library. ... He ruled Chile from 1970 to 1973, where he attempted to bring Chile to socialism, which wasn't too popular with its citizens, the army, and most of all the United States government. ... After three years of basically "pissing off" the economy of Chile, the military of Chile developed a Coup, and with ...
Salvador Allende Gossens, a committed Marxist, was elected in 1970 by means of a democratic election; however, he only received 36.6% of the Chilean pubic vote. ... This was not only obvious to the majority of Chilean citizens, but also to the House of Deputies (the Lower House of the Chilean Congress) and the Chilean Supreme Court. In the momentous Agreement of 23 August 1973, two thirds of the House of Deputies voted to take action against Allende. ... Eighteen days later, on 11 September 1973, Pinochet's forces successfully overthrew the government. ... According to Amnesty Internatio...
The great depression, for example, affected Latin America hardest of all; Chile lost 80 % of its export income. ... Nevertheless, few benefited from this growth except the owners of certain factories. ... From 1968 - 1974 there was a tremendous increase in growth, production and investment. ... When the oil embargo of 1973 occurred Brazil decided to not enter into recession like the rest of the world, but to borrow large sums at variable rates in an attempt at debt-led growth. ... Like other countries in the region, the gains of the 1970's were reversed in the 1980's. ...
In Isabel Allende's postcolonial novel Eva Luna, the ending both reinforces and subverts traditional ideologies in the Latin American society of that time which spanned from the 1930's through to the 1970's. ... Rolf was also born in Austria and did not migrate to Chile until he was an adult. ... Allende grew up in Chile in a patriarchal society with a strong structure of oligarchy, and despite being part of this elite group, she was against it. ... Many other people of her generation supported these ideas which eventually led to the election of Salvador Allende in Chile in 1...
In Chile, women were becoming more assertive throughout this century as to what they wanted out of life, striving against the restrictions put upon them by governments and society.Maria Antonieta wanted to be President of the Republic when she was a child. ... This role alone was difficult when the government of Chile during the 1970"s posed many hardships after the nationalizing of industries, banks, and mines. ... In 1973 Salvador Allende was killed during the coup and General Pinochet took power with help from the U.S. ...