Fifty Years After the Coup That Ended Allende’s Rule in Chile, the Marxist’s Granddaughter Is Defense Minister — But the Political Pendulum Is Swinging Rightward
Polls and voting results show a different Chile already growing skeptical of its new socialist leaders and showing a softer view of Pinochet and greater appreciation of conservative values.
Fifty years after a military coup toppled Chile’s Marxist president, Salvador Allende, it might seem that this long strip of a nation on South America’s Pacific Coast is going “Allende Lite.”
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