Bussi met her future husband in the aftermath of the 1939 Chillán earthquake , in which more than 40.000 Chileans lost their lives . They were involved in the campaign for those made homeless by the earthquake . They married a year later , in 1940 . Allende then became minister of health in the Popular Front government of Pedro Aguirre Cerda , at the start of his political career
1939 Chillán earthquake
1939 Chillán earthquake
Hortensia Bussi