Allende (nov 4, 1970 – sep 11, 1973)

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-insistent on following constitution

-price freezes + wage increases to raise living standard of the poor

-nationalisation of copper industry (despite CIA attempts to destablise economy) - very popular

-massive inflation (500%)

-urban workers: strong support (however some thought government was moving too slowly --> some factories + land that government was slow to nationalise were directly taken over by the people, reducing productivity)

-prosperous Chileans fought Popular Unity's changes

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