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Select the correct text in the passage.
Which sentence best explains the United States' willingness to compromise on their human rights agenda when it helped meet its Cold War
Interests?
Although Salvador Allende was freely elected by the people of Chile, the United States feared that his Marxist views would pose a threat to
democracy in the region. As a result, the United States actively worked to destabilize Chile's economy and to foster resentment against Allende
This led to the coup of 1973, during which General Augusto Pinochet came to power. Pinochet was responsible for the deaths or disappearano
of more than 3000 of his political opponents. The United States maintained political and financial ties with Chile throughout Pinochet's regime
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