Beatriz Patricia Ximena Allende Bussi (, , ; 8 September 1942 – 11 October 1977) was a

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, revolutionary and surgeon. She was the daughter of former

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and his wife,

Hortensia Bussi Mercedes Hortensia Bussi Soto (22 July 1914 – 18 June 2009) was the wife of Chilean President Salvador Allende. She was married to him from 1940 until he committed suicide during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, serving as First Lady of Chil ...

Biography

Known affectionately as Tati to her family and friends, she studied medicine at the

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and graduated as a surgeon. She married

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n diplomat Luis Fernández de Oña and had two children, Maya Alejandra Fernández Allende (since 2014, a Chilean deputy) 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. 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

. 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

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as a

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. Four years and one month after her father died and the

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, she died by suicide with a firearm on October 11, 1977. Her body was buried in the Pantheon of Revolutionary Armed Forces in the Colon Cemetery in

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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.

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Historical dictionary of Chile: 3rd Edition
By Salvatore Bizzarro
Last interview

1942 births 1977 suicides 20th-century Chilean women politicians 20th-century Chilean politicians Beatriz Chilean emigrants to Cuba University of Concepción alumni Chilean exiles Chilean Marxists Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean people of Belgian descent Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean revolutionaries Socialist Party of Chile politicians Suicides by firearm in Cuba {{Chile-politician-stub

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Posthumous tributes

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