“The Popular Unity government represented the first attempt anywhere to build a genuinely democratic transition to socialism - a socialism that, owing to its origins, might be guided not by authoritarian bureaucracy, but by democratic self-rule.” FirstsSelfGovernmentMightDemocraticUnitySocialismTransitionBureaucracyOwing Author:Salvador Allende
“I was a minister in the Frente Popular (Popular Front) government, one of the three in Chile during the Pedro Aguirre Cerda years, and I was as much a Socialist then as I am today.” YearsGovernmentTodayThreeFrontsMinistersSocialistChile Author:Salvador Allende
“I have been to Cuba many times. I have spoken many times with Fidel Castro and got to know Commander Ernesto Guevara well enough. I know Cuba's leaders and their struggle. It has been difficult to overcome the blockade. But the reality in Cuba is very different from that in Chile. Cuba came from a dictatorship, and I arrived at the presidency after being senator for 25 years.” DifferentRealityGovernmentDictatorshipCubaChile Author:Salvador Allende
