Beatriz Allende

Beatriz Ximena Allende Bussi (US: /ɑːˈjɛndeɪ, -di/,[1][2] UK: /æˈ-, aɪˈɛn-/,[3][4] Spanish: [be.aˈtɾis aˈʝende]; 8 September 1943 – 11 October 1977) was a Chilean Socialist politician, revolutionary and surgeon. She was the daughter of former president of Chile Salvador Allende and his wife, Hortensia Bussi.

Beatriz Allende
Born
Beatriz Ximena Allende Bussi

(1943-09-08)8 September 1943
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Died11 October 1977(1977-10-11) (aged 34)
La Habana, Cuba
Cause of deathSuicide by gunshot
NationalityChilean
Alma materUniversidad de Concepción
OccupationPolitician, revolutionary, surgeon
Political partyPartido Socialista de Chile
Spouse(s)Luis Fernández de Oña
Children2
Parents
FamilyAllende

Biography

Known affectionately as Tati to her family and friends, she studied medicine at the University of Concepción and graduated as a surgeon. She married Cuban diplomat Luis Fernandez de Oña and had two children, Maya Alejandra Fernández Allende (since 2014, a Chilean deputy)[5] and Alejandro Salvador Allende Fernández.

When her father was elected as the president of Chile on 4 September 1970, Beatriz became his closest advisor and collaborator, networking with elements of the Chilean and international Left.[6][7] During Pinochet's coup, despite being pregnant, she stayed with her father in La Moneda Presidential Palace, leaving only when President Allende ordered all women and children to evacuate. She was forced into exile with her mother, sisters and daughter to Cuba. While in exile in Havana, she served as executive secretary of the Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Committee.

Beatriz Allende worked at the Comité Chileno de Solidaridad Antiimperialista in La Habana as a secretary. Four years and one month after her father died and the 1973 Chilean coup d'état of Augusto Pinochet, she died by suicide with a firearm on October 11, 1977.[8] Her body was buried in the Pantheon of Revolutionary Armed Forces in the Colon Cemetery in Havana.[9]

Posthumous tributes

To defend her figure, the militants of the Progressive Party of Chile decided to bear her name organizing in the Tati Allende Progressive Women's Front.This was released on October 11, 2018, on the anniversary of her death, accompanied by a song in her tribute composed by Mónica Berríos. [10]

See also

References
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  2. "Allende Gossens". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. "Allende, Salvador". Lexico UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. "Allende, Isabel". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. "A 40 años de su muerte libro recupera la vida de Tati Allende, la hija guerrillera del ex presidente socialista". Lecturas Pehuén. 2017-09-29. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  6. Ruiz Tagle, Diana Veneros (January 1, 2003). Allende: un ensayo psicobiográfico. Editorial Sudamericana. p. 179. ISBN 978-956-262-181-6.
  7. Dorfman, Ariel (2001). Rumbo al sur, deseando el norte. Seven Stories Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-58322-079-5.
  8. Agencias (October 14, 1977). "Repercusión del suicidio de Beatriz Allende en Latinoamérica". El País (in Spanish). Ediciones El País, S.L. ISSN 0213-4608. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  9. Labarca, Eduardo (November 13, 2017). Salvador Allende: Biografía sentimental. Editorial Catalonia. p. 564. ISBN 978-956-324-308-6.
  10. "Mujeres Progresistas realizaron exitoso conversatorio sobre Tati Allende". Progresistas (in Spanish). 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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