Salvador Allende

Famous People

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 to 1973. He was the first Marxist to be elected president of a country in a free and democratic election.

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topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
South America
Chile
Marxism
politics

Vocabulary

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military
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