Abstract

espanolEste articulo relata los intentos no consumados de Eduardo Frei Montalva, algunos de sus ministros y otros miembros de la Democracia Cristiana por evitar que Salvador Allende fuese electo Presidente de la Republica por el Congreso Pleno en octubre de 1970. Estas intenciones fueron discutidas con el embajador estadounidense Edward Korry, pero la participacion norteamericana en los planes expuestos en este articulo fue marginal, lo cual da cuenta tanto de la importancia fundamental de los actores locales en una situacion relevante de la politica mundial de la Guerra Fria como de los limites del poder norteamericano. Los documentos diplomaticos estadounidenses de la epoca constituyen la fuente principal de este articulo. La informacion provista por estos documentos no ha sido explorada, analizada y expuesta sistematicamente por otros trabajos academicos basados en estas fuentes. Este articulo busca llenar un vacio existente en la abundante literatura sobre la eleccion presidencial chilena de 1970 que se ha basado en los documentos diplomaticos norteamericanos desclasificados a partir de 1999. EnglishThis essay tells the story of the unconsummated attempts of Eduardo Frei Montalva, some of his ministers and other members of the Christian Democratic Party to prevent the election of Salvador Allende as President of the Republic by the Congress in October of 1970. These intentions were discussed with the U.S. Ambassador Edward Korry, but U.S. participation in the plans described in this essay was marginal, which demonstrates the fundamental importance of the agency of local actors in a relevant situation within the international politics of the Cold War and the limits of American power. American diplomatic records of the time constitute the main source of this essay. The information provided by these records has not been explored, analyzed and exposed systematically by other academic works based on these sources. This essay, therefore, seeks to fill a void in the literature about the Chilean presidential election of 1970 based on the U.S. diplomatic records that have been declassified since 1999.

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