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Military Dictatorship and Political Opposition in Chile, 1973-1986

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian Loveman
Brian Loveman*
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San Diego State University
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In 1970, Dr. Salvador Allende, presidential candidate of the Unidad Popular coalition, won a plurality — but not a majority — of votes from the Chilean electorate. Consequently, and in accord with Chilean electoral laws and constitution, the Chilean Congress was called upon to vote for the president, and it selected Dr. Allende as the country's new president. Soon thereafter a wave of opposition to his administration developed among business and middle-class sectors: Rightist political movements and parties, entrepreneurial associations, some white-collar unions, as well as groups representing both commercial interests and those of small business. Eventually this opposition determined that “the government of Allende was incompatible with the survival of freedom and private enterprise in Chile, (and) that the only way to avoid their extinction was to overthrow the government” (Cauce, 1984).

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , Winter 1986 , pp. 1 - 38
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Copyright © University of Miami 1987

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