The First National Congress of Scientists in Chile: The Popular Unity Government, Technology, Science, and Development / El Primer Congreso Nacional de Científicos en Chile: Unidad Popular, tecnología, ciencia y desarrollo

This article explores how the Unidad Popular (UP) government (1970-1973) of Chile conceptualized the connection between its socialist model of development and science and technology. To do so it focuses on the UP-sponsored National Congress of Scientists, which was held in Santiago in July 1972. This Congress, which was the first of its kind organized in Chile, brought together UP officials, scientists, technologists, workers, and industrialists.