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b. Chile
1946, Sept. 4
Gabriel González Videla was elected president by a leftist bloc to succeed Don Juan A. Ríos (1942–46). His cabinet included Socialists and Communists, who later dropped out as the regime moved to the Right.	1
1947, Oct
Communist-led strikes brought the arrest of 200 Communists and a break in diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.	2
1948, Sept 2
The Communist Party was outlawed, but strikes and disorders continued.	3
1949
Women were granted the vote.	4
March
Parliamentary elections gave the government coalition a majority.	5

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