Despite their camaraderie, Chilean industry workers remained relatively unorganized in 1970, with only 20% of the workforce participating in unions. The copper industry was further away from Santiago, and thus it was more difficult to organize and combat low wages and poor working conditions. .
The aristocrats also controlled the many agrarian sectors of the economy. Peasant farmers did not have control over the land they labored on. The majority of land was owned by the aristocrats, who had failed in trying to reform unequal land distribution. Without land reform, the peasants would remain in a trapped economic position with little room to maneuver. Many legislative policies dealing with the agrarian sectors were often twisted in such a way that only some minor demands of the farmers were satisfied, while leaving larger issues untouched. .
When President Eduardo Frei, a center reformist, took office in 1964, Chileans felt hopeful that some improvement would be made in both the economic and social aspects of society. They were promised land reform through redistribution and were told that "expropriating from the least productive to the most productive, would raise wages, increase standards of living, and raise production". .
Frei ultimately failed at his attempt to create "access to the benefits of modern civilization". He never addressed the issue of aristocratic dominance in banks, media, courts, and agricultural firms. This preservation of power was promised to ensure individual rights, but eventually undermined his attempts at reform. As his Presidency continued, the goals of Frei's reform became less ambitious and Chileans were left disillusioned. After six years of broken promises, "the rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer". At the end of the Frei regime, 5% of the population received 25.2% of total personal income, while 50% of the population received only 15.
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. ...
