¡Venceremos! - Anthem of the Unitad Popular Party

Venceremos (“We shall prevail“) was the hymn of Chile’s Unidad Popular party, the grassroots socialist opposition party of Salvador Allende. While the original lyrics were written by Claudio Iturra, with music by Sergio Ortega, the song is considered a standard, and, thus, several versions exist. Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until 1973, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was the first Marxist ever to be elected to the national presidency of a liberal democracy. Though the 1970 election was lawful, in August 1973 the Chilean Senate declared the Allende government to be “unlawful“ in large part due to its practice of unconstitutional expropriation of private property. Allende’s presidency was ended by a military coup before he could complete a full term in office. During his tenure, Chilean politics reached a state of civil unrest amid strikes, lockouts, economic sanctions, CIA-sponsored propaganda, and a failed coup in June 1973. Allende'