Was the United States Responsible?

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Was the United States Responsible?

It has long been said that the United States was responsible for bringing down

Salvador Allende's government in Chile but this paper will argue that the Allende

government was brought down by its own doing. It is true that Salvador Allende

was elected in 1970 by means of a democratic election, although only with 36.6%

of the vote. Nevertheless, it is equally true that his government lost its democratic

character by having repeatedly violated the Constitution.

In effect, President Allende became a tyrant when he broke his solemn oath to

respect the Constitution and the Chilean laws. This was not just obvious to the

great majority of Chileans in their daily lives, but was also established by almost

two thirds of the House of Deputies (the Lower House of the Chilean Congress) in

its momentous Agreement of 23 August 1973 (there was also a statement to the

same effect from the Supreme Court).

In this Agreement, is presented a list of the legal and constitutional violations

of President Allende's government and it decided to "make re...

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