Allende family
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The Allende family is a Chilean
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 family of Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...

 descent. They became well known during the 19th century and are based in Valparaíso
Valparaíso
Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...

. They have played a very significant role in Chilean politics
History of Chile
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 2,000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to subdue and colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory became a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain...

.

Prominent members

  • Ramón Allende Padín
    Ramón Allende Padín
    Ramón Allende Padín , nicknamed El Rojo , was a Chilean physician and political figure. The author of several important scientific publications, he also headed the Chilean Army's medical services during the War of the Pacific...

     (1845–1884), physician and politician, chief of the Chilean Army Medical Corps during the War of the Pacific
    War of the Pacific
    The War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the...

     (1879–1884)
  • Salvador Allende Gossens
    Salvador Allende
    Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....

     (1908–1973), President of Chile
    President of Chile
    The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...

     (1970–1973)
  • Laura Allende Gossens
    Laura Allende
    Laura Allende Gossens was a Chilean political figure, a member of the lower chamber of parliament and sister of former president of Chile Salvador Allende.-Early life:...

     (1911–1981), sister of Salvador Allende, politician
  • Hortensia Bussi de Allende
    Hortensia Bussi
    thumb|Bussi in Brussels in 1984Mercedes Hortensia Bussi Soto de Allende was the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende. She was married to him from 1940 until he was deposed and assassinated in 1973, serving as First Lady of Chile from 1970 to 1973...

     (1914–2009), widow of Salvador Allende, First Lady of Chile
    First Ladies of Chile
    First Lady of Chile is the unofficial title for the wife of the President of Chile. In colonial times the wives of the Royal Governors were known as Presidentas, title that was in use during the first half of the 19th century, but was slowly superseded by the newer of First Lady...

  • Denise Pascal Allende (born 1940), niece of Salvador Allende, politician
  • Beatriz Allende Bussi
    Beatriz Allende
    Beatriz Allende Bussi was a Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary. She was the daughter of former president of Chile Salvador Allende Gossens, and his wife, Hortensia Bussi. She was of Basque, Belgian and Italian descent.She married Cuban diplomat Luis Fernandez de Oña...

     (1943–1977), daughter of Salvador Allende, revolutionary
  • Isabel Allende Llona
    Isabel Allende
    Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...

     (born 1942), first cousin once removed of Salvador Allende, writer
  • Andrés Pascal Allende
    Andrés Pascal Allende
    Andrés Pascal Allende is a Chilean Marxist revolutionary and nephew of former President Salvador Allende. He is of Basque and Belgian descent.He was born in Santiago, the son of Gastón Pascal Lyon and of Laura Allende Gossens...

     (born 1943), nephew of Salvador Allende, revolutionary
  • Isabel Allende Bussi (born 1945), daughter of Salvador Allende, politician
  • Juan Allende Llona, associate professor of Political Science at Agnes Scott College
    Agnes Scott College
    Agnes Scott College is a private undergraduate college in the United States. Agnes Scott's campus lies in downtown Decatur, Georgia, nestled inside the perimeter of the bustling metro-Atlanta area....

     in Decatur
    Decatur, Georgia
    Decatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. With a population of 19,335 in the 2010 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name...

    , Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

  • Paula Frías Allende
    Paula Frías Allende
    Paula Frías Allende was the daughter of Chilean-American author, Isabel Allende Llona. Her grandfather was a first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.-Life:...

     (1963–1992), daughter of Isabel Allende Llona
    Isabel Allende
    Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...


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