Word: chileanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hemisphere in favor of the so-called via pacifica-or peaceful way. That policy has been paying off handsomely, notably in Chile, whose Moscow-bankrolled Communist Party backed Marxist Dr. Salvador Allende, winner of a plurality in the recent presidential election. If he is voted in by the Chilean Congress next month as expected, he would become the first Communist-supported candidate for President to win a free election...
...celebration, half a dozen women frolicked nude in the plaza fountain behind Government House. In Santiago's Constitution Square, a man paid off an election bet by carrying an open umbrella on a sunny afternoon and wearing a donkey tail. But other Chileans panicked at the news. Fearful of a stampede of scared investors, the Santiago stock market closed for a day for the first time since 1938, and depositors withdrew massive funds from Chilean banks. The black-market rate for the escudo soared to as high as 50 to the U.S. dollar-as compared with...
...military, which has not staged a coup since 1932, appears willing to continue its tradition of accepting the verdict of the electorate. Allende charged last week, however, that somebody was plotting to assassinate him. There is also some maneuvering going on among the rightists. In the past, the Chilean Congress has always selected as President the candidate who polled the most votes. But the rightists are suggesting that the Christian Democrats should throw their support this time to Alessandri, the runner-up. He in turn declared last week that if he should be designated President by the Congress, he would...
...Danger of an Army Coup if He Comes to Power: There is no war here as there was in Cuba. The Cuban army was a pretorian guard in the service of a dictator. Here there is a constitutional armed force and a constitutional president. For many long years, the Chilean armed forces have demonstrated their respect for the constitution, the law and the popular will. I believe they will do so again...
...Political Philosophy: Marxism is a scientific method for interpreting history and the economic and social facts of the world. It is not a prescription for making a government. The Chilean Socialist Party has never been attached to any international association. I have read Marx, Engels and Lenin, but I have also read Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington. Kennedy's Inaugural Address was one of the best pieces of oratory I have ever read...