No 9/11 Coup?

What would have happened if the 1973 coup against Allende had never happened? How would Chile have developed under Allende, and how would it have affected the Cold War in Latin America?
 
Potentially, but only if the US forces it in that direction. Allende did try to maintain decent relations with the United States while he was president.
 
What would have happened if the 1973 coup against Allende had never happened? How would Chile have developed under Allende, and how would it have affected the Cold War in Latin America?

Chile, due to American economic warfare, would continue to be a basket case, possibly leading to a coup later down the line. If that didn't happen, Allende would have been forced into becoming a Soviet client state, in exchange for economic aid. That would, eventually, have likely led to the replacement of Allende by the Soviets with someone more reliable and more dependent on the Soviets for ruling legitimacy.

The Americans would have supported the Argentine military dictatorship to an even greater extent, possibly convincing them to go to war with Chile in order to eliminate Communism from the region. This pressure might be compounded by the fact that Communist rebels in the Southern Cone would likely find refuge in Chile, while anti-Communist Chileans would end up in Argentina or the USA.

In the long run, Chile, especially if it managed to maintain an independent class of politicians who could temper the authoritarian Communism of Eastern Europe into something more like Yugoslavia, could be very successful. If Orlando Letelier managed to succeed Allende, he might have been able to make Chile a more socialist version of what it is today. On the other hand, if Chile became more like a Warsaw Pact nation, it would likely have undergone "structural adjustment" by now, and would be a standard impoverished but resource-rich nation. A third option is an Andean Cuba, but i think that's unlikely.
 
like Hugo Chávez in Venezuela heading toward a Cuda style state. I think war with Argentina would be the result soon or later.
 
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