Allende Daughter Becomes President of Chile Socialist Party

[Judi Lynn]

Allende Daughter Becomes President of Chile Socialist Party




12:59 28.04.2015

The daughter of former Chilean President Salvador Allende, who was overthrown in a violent coup in 1973, has won the presidency of the party he once led and which the Chilean President is a member of.

Senator Isabel Allende has been elected to become become the first female president of the Socialist Party of Chile since its creation in 1933.

Isabel Allende is the daughter of Chilean President Salvador Allende, who died in unclear circumstances during the violent 1973 coup. The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted that it was deeply involved in the coup, which brought right-wing military dictator Augusto Pinochet to power.

Senator Isabel Allende was also the first woman to become the President of the Senate of Chile. She held the position between March 2014 and March 2015.

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[Beakybird]

1. She's also one of South America's great writers

Good luck to her!

[murielm99]

6. Her books are wonderful! n/t

[merrily]

2. What if ALL our chickens ever did come home to roost?

Thanks for the story.

[DonCoquixote]

3. I was about to say

Is this "house of the spirits" Isabel Allende?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. Nope

but she's related.

[Doctor_J]

5. someone notify Kissinger. hopefully hearing the news will finish him off.