Salvador Allende

On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende became a myth. The bombing of La Moneda, the beauty and drama of his last words and his immolation in defense of the democratic development of Chile gave his name a universal dimension. Fifty years after those events that shook the world, this biography goes beyond myth. With the agility of the journalist and the rigor of the historian, Mario Amorós meticulously recounts his political career and draws a careful human profile. In the course of these pages we discover his family roots and meet the boy who, with the help of an anarchist carpenter, approached emancipatory ideas; to the doctor with a deep social vocation who since 1933 participated in the founding and expansion of the Socialist Party; to the Minister of Health of the Popular Front; to the representative and senator who for a quarter of a century promoted advanced legislation; to the leader who united the left over two decades and to the revolutionary who advocated socialism "in democracy, pluralism and freedom." Half a century later, the values and causes of Salvador Allende remain fully valid and keep his figure alive.September 11, 2023 marks 50 years since the assault on the Moneda Palace as part of the military coup led by Augusto Pinochet that ended the life of Salvador Allende and the overthrow of his socialist government.On the 50th anniversary of his death, Amorós recounts in detail Allende's political career and draws a careful human profile that goes beyond the myth.