How comparable were the deaths of Che Guevara, Salvador Allende and Oscar Romero in terms of their impact on modern Latin American history?

Che Guevara is the famous Marxist revolutionary who assisted Castro in overthrowing Batista's government during the Cuban Revolution. After trying to incite an insurrection in Bolivia he was captured by American trained forces and executed by the government in 1967. His death turned him into a counter cultural icon.

Salvador Allende was the socialist president of Chile during the 1970s. Due to his socialists policies such as the nationalisation of Chile's copper industry and his friendship with Fidel Castro, the Nixon Administration saw him as a Cold War threat. In 1973 the Chilean military with the assistance of the CIA organised a coup that led to his overthrow and death, ending Chilean democracy for a long period under Augusto Pinochet.

Oscar Romero was a famous priest and Archbishop of El Salvador who became a Church leader at a time of turmoil. Initially fairly conservative, he became an outspoken voice for social justice through his sermons and radio addresses, denouncing the abuses of both the El Salvadorean government as well as right wing militias and death squads. This led him to embrace a movement known as Liberation theology, a revolutionary brand of Catholicism which many of his fellow priests like Rutilio Grande influenced him to adopt. As a result the El Salvadorean government began to crack down on the Churches, suspecting them of communist influence and in 1980 he was assassinated. He later became venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

How do you think all 3 of these deaths shaped the history of Latin America and how comparable are they both in terms of similarities and differences?

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It's official. @gabrielboric - the left-wing candidate to be next President of Chile - has defeated the far right pro-Pinochet supporter. 48 years since Salvador Allende was overthrown - and modern neoliberalism began - this is a monumental victory for Chileans - and all of us.

https://twitter.com/owenjones84/status/1472694883777490956?s=21 What more is there to be said, it's great to see other left wing parties take power as only by left wing parties taking power worldwide can we begin to shift the neoliberal consensus

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So Gene is a supporter of Salvador Allende?

Does Gene’s idea to construct a highly intelligent super computer to efficiently distribute resources without bias as President of the World remind anyone else of former Chilean President Salvador Allende’s plan to create a socialist planned economy controlled by a supercomputer called Project Cybersyn?

Or is it just me?

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'Only filling me with bullets will they stop my will which is to serve the people'. Last picture taken of Salvador Allende before his death during the coup in Chile, wether he committed suicide or was murdered is still debated today, September 11th, 1973. [1023x684]
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Today is September 11th, on this day we are in remembrance of a sad, tragic event that still haunts us all. Of course, what I'm referring to is the death of Salvador Allende. Rest in piece, king.
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Salvador Allende’s last words as the armed forces of the CIA-backed coup storm Chile’s presidential palace youtube.com/watch?v=9QdYD…
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Salvador Allende’s last words as the armed forces of the CIA-backed coup storm Chile’s presidential palace youtube.com/watch?v=9QdYD…
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Salvador Allende was a Chilean socialist politician and physician who, on this day in 1970, became Latin America's first Marxist to become the elected leader of a liberal democracy in the region.
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(the Forgotten) On this day 1973: The Death of Salvador Allende theforgottenpodcast.wordp…
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Chile’s Socialist Resurgence Is a Century in the Making | Now comes the hard part: fulfilling a vision of working-class prosperity that stretches back to Salvador Allende and beyond. jacobinmag.com/2022/01/hu…
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Chile’s Socialist Resurgence Is a Century in the Making | Now comes the hard part: fulfilling a vision of working-class prosperity that stretches back to Salvador Allende and beyond. jacobinmag.com/2022/01/hu…
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A judge in Chile has closed the case on the death of President Salvador Allende after an authoritative autopsy confirmed it was suicide nytimes.com/aponline/2011…
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Members of the GAP (Grupo de Amigos Personales), the bodyguard unit of Chilean president Salvador Allende
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Today is 9/11, anniversary of the 1973 Chilean Coup which killed Salvador Allende and installed American puppet Augusto Pinochet into power, ushering in an age of neoliberalism that still persists in Chile to this day reddit.com/gallery/plwme9
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Estatua de Salvador Allende junto a la estatua de Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, lΓ­der revolucionario de TurquΓ­a - Estambul, Turquia
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"Victory Speech" (1970) by Salvador Allende. #Audiobook + Discussion of Democratic Socialist Marxist youtube.com/watch?v=zj-kr…
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On this day in 1973, democratically elected Marxist Chilean president Salvador Allende was ousted in a fascist, U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet. He died the same day of a gunshot wound to the head, likely by suicide.
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Salvador Allende becomes the President of Chile. 1970 (Colourised) - I wonder what happened to him...
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Not only did the Soviet Union interfere in the 1970 Chilean Presidential election, Salvador Allende personally requested money through his KGB contact. Allende won by a narrow margin of 39,000 votes of a total of the 3 million cast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Chilean_presidential_election#Campaign

> Allende made a personal request for Soviet money through his personal contact, KGB officer Svyatoslav Kuznetsov, who urgently came to Chile from Mexico City to help Allende. The original allocation of money for these elections through the KGB was $400,000, and an additional personal subsidy of $50,000 directly to Allende.

>> It is believed that help from KGB was a decisive factor, because Allende won by a narrow margin of 39,000 votes of a total of the 3 million cast. After the elections, the KGB director Yuri Andropov obtained permission for additional money and other resources from the Central Committee of the CPSU to ensure Allende victory in Congress. In his request on 24 October, he stated that KGB "will carry out measures designed to promote the consolidation of Allende's victory and his election to the post of President of the country".

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On 4 September 1970 - 51 years ago - Salvador Allende became the first socialist president of Chile when his Unidad Popular government took power. Viva Allende. [picture: with an AK-47 given to him by Fidel Castro]
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48 years ago today the democratically elected government of salvador allende was overthrown in a cia backed coup. Β‘viva allende! venceremosπŸ‡¨πŸ‡±
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November 4th, Salvador Allende is elected president of Chile. Making him the first Marxist to become a president in Latin America.
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On this day in 1973, democratically elected Marxist Chilean president Salvador Allende was ousted in a fascist, U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet. He died the same day of a gunshot wound to the head, likely by suicide.
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September 11, 1973. The president of Chile Salvador Allende and guards. Another CIA-style coup. [980 x 355]
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Declassified documents show Australia assisted CIA in coup against Salvador Allende; Australian PM Whitlam ordered the operation to be shut down in 1973, and 2 years later, Whitlam would also be couped by the CIA with help of the British monarchy
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Oscar Guardiola Rivera: Story of a death foretold, a lecture about the overthrow of Chile's President Salvador Allende by General Pinochet. Really good speaker. youtube.com/watch?v=MFI6h…
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'Only filling me with bullets will they stop my will which is to serve the people'. Last picture taken of Salvador Allende before his death during the coup in Chile, wether he committed suicide or was murdered is still debated today, September 11th, 1973.
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Chile after the assassination of democratically elected Salvador Allende right before the institution of Augusto Pinochet (1973)
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"Victory Speech" (1970) by Salvador Allende. #Audiobook + Discussion of Democratic Socialist Marxist youtube.com/watch?v=zj-kr…
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"Victory Speech" (1970) by Salvador Allende. #Audiobook + Discussion of Democratic Socialist Marxist youtube.com/watch?v=zj-kr…
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What in the name of Salvador Allende i just created
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Orlando Letelier del Solar (1932 - 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician, and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende who was assassinated by fascists via car bomb on this day in 1976 in Washington D.C.
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Today is 9/11, anniversary of the 1973 Chilean Coup which killed Salvador Allende and installed American puppet Augusto Pinochet into power, ushering in an age of neoliberalism that still persists in Chile to this day reddit.com/gallery/plwme9
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Today is the Birthday of Famous Chilean Marxist Salvador Allende, who became President of Chile in 1970 with the Coalition Unidad Popular, He was ousted by CIA-assisted Chilean fascists in 1973.
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The remains of Salvador Allende’s vice president, Jose Toha, were reburied Monday in an emotional ceremony after nearly two years of examinations by forensic pathologists to determine his true cause of death. boston.com/news/world/lat…
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Chilean President Salvador Allende surrounded by bodyguards hours before his death in the notorious coup, 11th September 1973, [571x322]
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Mural of Salvador Allende: "...When I think in Chile, I dream a society FREE from the market...Greed kills the future"
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On this day, 1973, Salvador Allende, socialist president of Chile, was ousted and committed suicide following a United States-backed coup d'Γ©tat reddit.com/gallery/pmfdwb
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NicolΓ‘s Maduro on Twitter, Felicito al Pacto Apruebo Dignidad por su victoria, y al nuevo presidente electo de Chile, Gabriel Boric. Saludo al pueblo de Salvador Allende y de VΓ­ctor Jara por su contundente victoria sobre el fascismo. Β‘Gran Jornada democrΓ‘tica! Β‘Viva Chile! twitter.com/NicolasMaduro…
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Former Chilean president died by his own hand, experts rule - A new autopsy has determined that the former Chilean president Salvador Allende killed himself with an assault rifle, dispelling doubts that have persisted for 37 years about the circumstances of his death... smh.com.au/world/former-p…
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Today is the Birthday of Famous Chilean Marxist Salvador Allende, who became President of Chile in 1970 with the Coalition Unidad Popular, He was ousted by CIA-assisted Chilean fascists in 1973.
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A post about differences between Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro turns into gusanophilia reddit.com/gallery/rtfqxb
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Oscar Guardiola Rivera: Story of a death foretold, a lecture about the overthrow of Chile's President Salvador Allende by General Pinochet. Really good speaker. youtube.com/watch?v=MFI6h…
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General Augusto Pinochet Salutes Chilean President Salvador Allende, 1973 [1029x694]
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Salvador Allende’s Grandson Responds to Boric: The Human Rights Double Standard and β€˜Chic’ Leftism orinocotribune.com/salvad…
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Today is 9/11, anniversary of the 1973 Chilean Coup which killed Salvador Allende and installed American puppet Augusto Pinochet into power, ushering in an age of neoliberalism that still persists in Chile to this day reddit.com/gallery/plwme9
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Salvador Allende statue next to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ataşehir-İstanbul, Turkey and the translations of the texts under them. reddit.com/gallery/m6918m
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