<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Salvador Allende">Salvador Allende</a> takes office as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Chile" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Chile">President of Chile</a>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism" id="mw5Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marxism">Marxist</a> to become president of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Latin America">Latin American</a> country through open elections.