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Carlos Ibanez elected president
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Political parties of the left banded together (FRAP)
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Rightist Jorge Alessandri elected.
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Valdivia earthquake
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Agrarian reform bill
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National health service strikes
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Eduardo Frei elected - a centrist.
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Tense civilian and militarian relations
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Salvador Allende elected president
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Deep divisions in the six leftist parties that made up the UP
How and when to implement radical changes from capitalism to more state-owned enterprises in mining and other industries. -
Impact of agrerian reform policies
Threatened the role of the private sector in agriculture. -
Allende reserted to populist tactics
Created neighboorhoos supply and price control committees. -
The dearth of supplies in the cities was further complicated by a truckers strike
It was covered financially by the americans. -
Unified national schooling upset the country and its traditional divided education of private and public schools
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54% of Congress was pro UP and 44% opposition
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Allende's government had gone through 10 cabinet changes in three years
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A military coup led by general Pinochet took over the country
Bloody, violent, and coonflicted with the government of Allende, who shot himself. -
Human rights abuses became public with the discovery of bodies on a rural place
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Pinochet sought legitimacy to his dictatorship by using plebecites to document support
He claimed 70% support. -
The military dictatorship elaborated a new constitution
This included a slow process for the end of military rule that was approved by the population.