- Andrés Pascal Allende
Andrés Pascal Allende is a
Chile anMarxist revolutionary and nephew of former PresidentSalvador Allende .He was born in Santiago, the son of Gastón Pascal Lyon and of Laura Allende Gossens. He is the co-founder and former leader of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) (Spanish "Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria") along with
Miguel Enríquez . After theChilean coup of 1973 , and upon original leader Miguel Enriquez's death in 1974, Andres Pascal Allende took control of MIR. Pascal's leadership stint ended relatively quickly when he fled Chile in 1976 forCuba .In March 1976,
Orlando Bosch was arrested byCosta Rica n police for suspicion of trying to assassinate him and his companion Mary-Anne Beausire [ [http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso=Landau&otherweek=1180414800 The 1970s as context for terrorist violence] by Saul Landau, "Progreso Weekly", 30 May 2007. Accessed online 30 June 2008.] . Pascal currently resides inHabana and works for the official tourist agency.Additional information
ee also
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Allende family
*William Beausire
*History of Chile References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/the_pinochet_file/201678.stm The William Beausire case]
* [http://www.purochile.org/pascal.htm Interview Puro Chile] es icon
* [http://www.pinochetreal.cl/persec3/pagina6.html Remembraces of his times in the MIR] es icon
* [http://contacto.canal13.cl/contacto/html/Reportajes/pascal_allende/Iprofileqperfileshumanos.html Interview with biographical data] es icon
* [http://www.paginadigital.com.ar/articulos/2003/2003sext/noticias4/146213-8.asp Interview Pagina Digital] es icon
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