0h 2min, sep 14, 1970 y - Salvador Allende becomes Marxist President of Chile by democratic means
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Viewed as another Castro by USA
CIA charged with managing covert action that would lead to a coup.
-Land reform and redistribution
-Nationalisation of bank and copper industry
-USA withdrew economic aid, made the World Bank not lend Chile any money
-Led to inflation
-Strikes instigatedby CIA
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