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Allende Gossens, Salvador

(Encyclopedia)Allende Gossens, Salvador sälvär´ äyn´d g´sns [key], 1908–73, president of Chile (1970–73). A physician, he helped found the Chilean Socialist party in 1933, was minister of hea...

Allende, Isabel

(Encyclopedia)Allende, Isabel, 1942–, Chilean novelist. Since the 1973 coup in which her cousin, President Salvador Allende Gossens, died, Isabel Allende, who is among the most notable contemporary Chilean writer...

Frei Montalva, Eduardo Nicanor

(Encyclopedia)Frei Montalva, Eduardo Nicanor wär´ nkänr´ fr mntäl´vä [key], 1911–82, president of Chile (1964–70). A lawyer and editor, he was a founder (1938) of the National Falange...

Salvador

(Encyclopedia)Salvador sl´vdôr, Port. slvôr´ [key] or Bahiab´y [key], formerly São SalvadorsouN [key], city (1991 pop. 2,075,273), capital of Bahia state, E Brazil, a port on the Atlantic O...

Allende, Ignacio

(Encyclopedia)Allende, Ignacio gnä´sy äyn´d [key], 1779–1811, Mexican revolutionist. He was a captain in the army when he joined the movement against Spanish domination. He played a prominent part in ...

El Salvador

(Encyclopedia)El Salvador l sälvär´ [key], officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2015 est. pop. 6,312,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. The country is bounded on the south by the ...

San Salvador

(Encyclopedia)San Salvador sän sälvär´ [key], city (1993 pop. 402,448), central El Salvador, capital and largest city of the country. It is the center of El Salvador's trade and communications. Beer, tobac...

San Salvador

(Encyclopedia)San Salvador, island of the Bahamas, West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it Guanahani, and it...

São Salvador

(Encyclopedia)São Salvador, Brazil: see Salvador, city.

Dalí, Salvador

(Encyclopedia)Dalí, Salvador sälväthr´ däl´, dä´l [key], 1904–89, Spanish painter. At first influenced by futurism, in 1924 Dalí came under the influence of the Italian painter de Chirico and by 19...