Beatriz Allende

Beatriz Allende
Born Beatriz Ximena Allende Bussi
(1943-09-08)September 8, 1943
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Died October 11, 1977(1977-10-11) (aged 34)
La Habana, Cuba
Cause of death Suicide by shot
Nationality Chilean
Alma mater Universidad de Concepción
Occupation Politician, revolutionary, surgeon
Political party Partido Socialista de Chile
Spouse(s) Luis Fernández de Oña
Children
  • Maya Fernández
  • Alejandro Fernández Allende
Parents
Family Allende

Beatriz Ximena Allende Bussi (/ɑːˈjɛndeɪ/;[1] September 8, 1943 – October 11, 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. She was of Basque,[2] Belgian and Italian descent.

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)[3] and Alejandro Salvador Allende Fernández.

When her father was democratically 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.[4][5] 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, where she work as a secretary, and four years and one month after her father died and the 1973 Chilean coup d'état of Augusto Pinochet, she finally committed suicide by shot on October 11, 1977.[6] Her body was laid to rest in the Pantheon of Revolutionary Armed Forces in the Colon Cemetery in Havana.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Allende". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  2. ↑ Allende, Salvador. "El personaje de hoy". Allende en el Mundo. Le Monde. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "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. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  4. ↑ Ruiz Tagle, Diana Veneros (January 1, 2003). Allende: un ensayo psicobiográfico. Editorial Sudamericana. p. 179. ISBN 9789562621816.
  5. ↑ Dorfman, Ariel (2001). Rumbo al sur, deseando el norte. Seven Stories Press. p. 76. ISBN 9781583220795.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Labarca, Eduardo (November 13, 2017). Salvador Allende: Biografía sentimental. Editorial Catalonia. p. 564. ISBN 9789563243086.
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