text: Thanks for the information on Maduro refusing to allow any but government supporters from being in the constituent assembly. A real tragedy. But I will continue to say...that while Im no fan of Maduro or Cuban-communism in any form....I do remember that in the months before Allende's government fell to the dictator and thug Pinochet.....there were demonstrations...food shortages...riots..empty shelves.The situation similar to what we see in Venezuela.  It was subsequently revealed that a good part of this activity was financed by the anti-Allende parties....the right wing of the military and society.....and Henry Kissinger and the CIA...all meant to show that Allende had no support...even though in the elections closest to the time of the Coup...the Allende coalition had increased its share of the vote in the last free local elections in Chile before the Coup. And wikpedia indicates that the Christian Democrats party platform was very similar to the Allende coalition.