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1964 Chilean presidential election
Chilean presidential election of 4 September 1964, won by Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Montalva with 56 percent over Socialist Salvador Allende (FRAP, about 39 percent), the first major U.S. covert election operation in Chile, a roughly $3 million CIA program backing Frei.
Christian Democratic Party (Chile)
Chilean center party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC), founded 28 July 1957 from the Falange Nacional merger; produced presidents Frei Montalva, Aylwin, and Frei Ruiz-Tagle, led the anti-Pinochet opposition, then collapsed from 26% of the vote in 1989 to 4.2% in 2021.
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911-1982), Chilean Christian Democratic president 1964-1970, founder of the PDC, led Revolución en Libertad, Chileanized copper, opposed Allende, initially welcomed the 1973 coup, later broke with Pinochet; his 1982 death was litigated until 2023.
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean Christian Democratic civil engineer, president of Chile 1994-2000, son of Eduardo Frei Montalva; later senator, 2009 candidate, Asia-Pacific ambassador.