Salvador Allende

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Salvador Allende (July 26, 1908September 11, 1973) was the President of Chile from 1970 until 1973. The American Central Intelligence Agency was involved in the overthrowing of his government. Allende was a socialist. Many of his reforms and programs revolved around socialism. He created universal health care for all, made education better, and took a stronger level of control within the economy. He died in 1973. His death has been disputed for years; some feel that he took his own life by commiting suicide, but others feel that he was murdered by Augusto Pinochet's militia. Pinochet would then become dictator of Chile.