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Corbyn praises Allende legacy as he arrives in Santiago for Boric inauguration

FORMER Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn praised the legacy of assassinated former Chilean president Salvador Allende today as he arrived in Santiago for the inauguration of Gabriel Boric.

“His legacy is a very important one, on a personal level, one of incredible bravery in the way he stood firm against the military who were trying to take over the country and subsequently lost his life doing that,” Mr Corbyn told TeleSur.

The MP, who has had the Labour whip removed by current leader Sir Keir Starmer, said that Mr Allende had left an immortal legacy as a socialist and Marxist.

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