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In December 1972, the Chilean President Salvador Allende delivered a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York and then, on his way to Moscow, made a stopover in Algiers. Alberto Gamboa, the director of the main Chilean left-wing newspaper, Clarín, also present, wrote, “Here the contrast to New York is striking. The enthusiasm, the affection and understanding that the Algerian people and the Government have ex- pressed . . . are extraordinary . . . [and] overwhelmingly friendly!” This friendship and affection expressed a strong affinity and shared values. But how did Chile and Algeria—two very distant countries from a geographical, cultural, and historical standpoint—connect to each other?