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2974: 1966: 2023: 1718:) similarly argue the case that US covert actions actively destabilized Allende's government and set the stage for the 1973 coup. Despite denial of countless American agencies, current declassified documentation has proven the American involvement. Nixon and Kissinger, along with both private and public intelligence agencies were "apprised of, and even enmeshed in, the planning and executing of the military takeover." Along with this, CIA operatives directly involved, such as Jack Devine, have also come out and declared their involvement in the coup. Devine stating, "I sent CIA headquarters a special type of top-secret cable known as a CRITIC, which ... goes directly to the highest levels of government." 7594: 4618: 4606: 79: 7586: 2189:

Chilean press as the lead suspect in the Letelier-Montiff assassination, Townley, using the alias J. Andreas Wilson, indicated his belief that Contreras had not “let his Excellency know the truth about this case.” Nevertheless, it was also acknowledged that the Pinochet regime made a major push cover up its role in the assassination. The extensive cover-up efforts were codenamed “Operación Mascarada.” It was also revealed that Townley, who was expelled from Chile to the United States in April 1978, believed that Contreas and Pedro Espinoza were actually more likely to make an attempt on his life than Pinochet.

4852: 1909:, which facilitated multiple voting, and said that the total number of votes reported to have been cast was very much larger than would be expected from the size of the electorate and turnout in previous elections. Interviews after Pinochet's departure with people involved with the referendum confirmed that fraud had, indeed, been widespread. The Constitution was promulgated on 21 October 1980, taking effect on 11 March 1981. Pinochet was replaced as President of the Junta that day by Admiral Merino. During Pinochet's reign it is estimated that some one million people had been forced to flee the country. 4594: 2216:

prosecutor. This case was included in the Rettig Report. Among the killed and disappeared during the military junta were 440 MIR guerrillas. In December 2015, three former DINA agents were sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder of a 29-year-old theology student and activist, German Rodriguez Cortes, in 1978. The same month, 62-year-old Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, a former Chilean soldier during the Pinochet years, was arrested and charged with murder for boasting of participating in 18 executions during a live phone-in to the Chilean radio show "Chacotero Sentimental".

1594:), Pinochet said that he was the leading plotter of the coup and had used his position as commander-in-chief of the Army to coordinate a far-reaching scheme with the other two branches of the military and the national police. In later years, however, high military officials from the time, such as Gustavo Leigh, commander-in-chief of the air force, have said that Pinochet reluctantly became involved only a few days before the coup was scheduled to occur, and followed the lead of the other branches (especially the Navy, under Admiral Merino) as they executed the coup. 12652: 2681:, traveled to Chile and worked closely with the Pinochet regime. MacLean's account, however, has come under scrutiny. Economist Andrew Farrant examined the Chilean constitutional clauses that MacLean attributes to Buchanan and discovered that they pre-dated his visit. He concludes that "evidence suggests that Buchanan's May 1980 visit did not particularly influence the subsequent drafting of the Chilean Constitution" and "there is no evidence to suggest that Buchanan had any kind of audience with Pinochet or corresponded with the Chilean dictator." 2091: 2807: 3131: 1664: 1413: 3058:, "routine sadism was taken to extremes" in the prison camps. The rape of women was common, including sexual torture such as the insertion of rats into genitals and "unnatural acts involving dogs". Detainees were forcibly immersed in vats of urine and excrement and were occasionally forced to ingest it. Beatings with gun butts, fists and chains were routine; one technique known as "the telephone" involved the torturer slamming "his open hands hard and rhythmically against the ears of the victim", leaving the person deaf. At 405: 1688:, who writes that the role of the CIA was crucial to the consolidation of power after the coup; the CIA helped fabricate a conspiracy against the Allende government, which Pinochet was then portrayed as preventing. He stated that the coup itself was possible only through a three-year covert operation mounted by the United States. Winn also points out that the US imposed an "invisible blockade" that was designed to disrupt the economy under Allende, and contributed to the destabilization of the regime. Author 3703: 4356:(referring to Pinochet as only "a former public official"), and hiding his accounts from regulatory agencies. Related to Pinochet's and his family's secret bank accounts in the United States and Caribbean islands, this tax fraud filing for an amount of US$ 27 million further shocked any conservatives who still supported him. Ninety percent of these funds would have been raised between 1990 and 1998, when Pinochet was chief of the Chilean armies, and would essentially have come from 2619:, all expropriated by Allende, returned to Chile. Pinochet's policies eventually led to substantial GDP growth, in contrast to the negative growth seen in the early years of his administration, while public debt also was kept high mostly to finance public spending which even after the privatization of services was kept at high rates (though far less than before privatization), for example, in 1991 after one year of post-Pinochet democracy debt was still at 37.4% of the GDP. 3956: 4866: 4720: 2330: 1187: 2711: 4754: 4669: 1840: 2053:, a cooperation plan between the various intelligence agencies of South American countries, assisted by a United States CIA communication base in Panama. Pinochet believed these operations were necessary in order to "save the country from communism". In 2011, the commission identified an additional 9,800 victims of political repression during Pinochet's rule, increasing the total number of victims to approximately 40,018, including 3,065 killed. 4737: 4782: 4686: 3062:, prisoners were dragged into the parking lot and had the bones in their legs crushed as they were run over with trucks. Some died from torture; prisoners were beaten with chains and left to die from internal injuries. Following abuse and execution, corpses were interred in secret graves, dropped into rivers or the ocean, or just dumped on urban streets in the night. The body of the renowned Chilean singer, theatre director and academic 3530: 1163: 4838: 4443: 3542: 2791:, a Christian Democrat who had opposed Allende, as presidential candidate, and also proposed a list of candidates for the parliamentary elections. The opposition and the Pinochet government made several negotiations to amend the Constitution and agreed to 54 modifications. These amendments changed the way the Constitution would be modified in the future, added restrictions to state of emergency dispositions, the affirmation of 4581: 4431: 1175: 4817: 4155: 4799: 1733:, which amongst other activities carried out assassinations of prominent politicians in various Latin American countries, in Washington, D.C., and in Europe, and kidnapped, tortured and executed activists holding left-wing views, which culminated in the deaths of roughly 60,000 people. The United States provided key organizational, financial and technical assistance to the operation. CIA contact with DINA head 4880: 2696:

called for a vote to determine whether or not he would remain in power until 1997. If the "YES" won, Pinochet would have to implement the dispositions of the 1980 Constitution, mainly the call for general elections, while he would himself remain in power as president. If the "NO" won, Pinochet would remain President for another year, and a joint Presidential and legislative election would be held.

1768: 4894: 2920:, leaving 53 dead and many injured. According to Chilean Junta member and former Air Force commander, General Fernando Matthei, Chilean support included military intelligence gathering, radar surveillance, allowing British aircraft to operate with Chilean colours, and facilitating the safe return of British special forces, among other forms of assistance. 4542:, on 12 December 2006, according to his request to "avoid vandalism of his tomb", according to his son Marco Antonio. His ashes were delivered to his family later that day, and are deposited in Los Boldos, Santo Domingo, Valparaíso, Chile; one of his personal residences. The armed forces refused to allow his ashes to be deposited on military property. 4207:; his personal secretary, Monica Ananias; and his former aide Oscar Aitken on tax evasion and falsification charges stemming from the Riggs Bank investigation. In January 2006, daughter Lucia Pinochet was detained at Washington DC-Dulles airport and subsequently deported while attempting to evade the tax charges in Chile. In January 2007, the Santiago 1725:(CIA) in 2000, titled "CIA Activities in Chile", revealed that the CIA actively supported the military junta after the overthrow of Allende, and that it made many of Pinochet's officers into paid contacts of the CIA or U.S. military, even though some were known to be involved in human rights abuses. The CIA also maintained contacts in the Chilean 8007: 4479:(a former Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the Allende government who was murdered by Pinochet's secret police)—spat on the coffin, and was quickly surrounded by supporters of Pinochet, who assaulted and brutally beat him. Pinochet's funeral took place the following day at the same venue before a gathering of 60,000 supporters. 4126:, which Pinochet then sold in Europe and the United States. The money for the drug trade was allegedly deposited into Pinochet's bank accounts. Pinochet's son Marco Antonio, who had been accused of participating in the drug trade, in 2006 denied claims of drug trafficking in his father's administration and said that he would sue 2310:

recovered most of their lost industrial and agricultural holdings, for the junta returned properties to original owners who had lost them during expropriations, and sold other industries expropriated by Allende's Popular Unity government to private buyers. This period saw the expansion of business and widespread speculation.

3827:. There is no mention of the true brains, or that the whole of the armed forces were involved in this, in dirty and symbolic tasks. Everything is embodied in Pinochet, it's very curious that figures of the stature of Büchi are immolated before the figure of Pinochet, in what is to me a fascist rite, give everything to the 1380:, 56% voted against Pinochet's continuing as president, which led to democratic elections for the presidency and Congress. After stepping down in 1990, Pinochet continued to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army until 10 March 1998, when he retired and became a senator-for-life in accordance with his 2177:, who became aware in 2001 of relations between death threats and his denunciation of Operation Condor. Furthermore, according to later investigations, Eduardo Frei Montalva, the Christian Democrat President of Chile from 1964 to 1970, may have been poisoned in 1982 with toxins produced by DINA biochemist 4470:

Massive spontaneous street demonstrations broke out throughout the country upon the news of his death. In Santiago, opponents celebrated his death in Alameda Avenue, while supporters grieved outside the Military Hospital. Pinochet's remains lay in repose on 11 December 2006 at the Military Academy in

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in geography and geopolitics. In contrast to the two latter Pinochet was not an outstanding student but his persistence and interest in geopolitics made Rodríguez assume the role as his academic mentor. Rodríguez granted Pinochet a slot as assistant lecturer in geopolitics and in geography. According

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Pinochet was publicly known as a man with a lack of culture and this image was reinforced by the fact that he also portrayed himself as a common man with simple ideas. He was also known for being reserved, sharing little about his opinions or feelings. Before wresting power from Allende, Pinochet had

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argues that 2 years after Pinochet took power, poverty was still at 50% and the liberal reforms reduced it to 7.8% in 2013 as well as income per capita rising from US$ 4.000 in 1975 to US$ 25.000 in 2015, supporters of the reforms also argue that when Pinochet left power in 1990 poverty had fallen to

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The Pinochet government implemented an economic model that had three main objectives: economic liberalization, privatization of state-owned companies, and stabilization of inflation. In 1985, the government initiated a second round of privatization, revising previously introduced tariff increases and

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In 1973, the Chilean economy was deeply depressed for several reasons. Allende's government had expropriated many Chilean and foreign businesses, including all copper mines, and had controlled prices. Inflation had reached 606%, income per capita had contracted by 7.14% in 1973 alone and 30% compared

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after his release from internment and exile in Washington, D.C. by a car bomb on 21 September 1976. Documents which were released in 2015 which alleged Pinochet ordered Letelier's assassination, though Michael Townley, who directly carried out the assassination, implied otherwise in letters. This led

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The first country in the world to make that momentous break with the past—away from socialism and extreme state capitalism toward more market-oriented structures and policies—was not Deng Xiaoping's China or Margaret Thatcher's Britain in the late 1970s, Ronald Reagan's United States in 1981, or any

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as the one who oversaw and ordered DINA's missions, even noting that he carried out numerous Operation Condor missions in Europe and the Letelier-Moffitt assassination "following orders from Gen. Contreas". In a letter which Townley personally sent to Contreas after he was implicated in the U.S. and

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The junta members originally planned that the presidency would be held for a year by the commanders-in-chief of each of the four military branches in turn. However, Pinochet soon consolidated his control, first retaining sole chairmanship of the military junta, and then was proclaimed "Supreme Chief

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on crimes committed by the military. Pinochet's trial continued until his death on 10 December 2006, with an alternation of indictments for specific cases, lifting of immunities by the Supreme Court or, to the contrary, immunity from prosecution, with his health a main argument for, or against, his

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Pinochet resigned from his senatorial seat shortly after the Supreme Court's July 2002 ruling. In May 2004, the Supreme Court overturned its precedent decision, and ruled that he was capable of standing trial. In arguing their case, the prosecution presented a recent TV interview Pinochet had given

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During his lifetime, Pinochet amassed more than 55,000 books in his private library, worth an estimated US$ 2,840,000 (2006–07). The extent of his library was revealed to the public only after a police inspection in January 2006. Pinochet bought books at several small bookshops in the old centre of

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that lacked popular acclaim and the ability to expand. He further argued that had Pinochet attempted to build true fascism, the regime would likely have been toppled or at least been forced to alter its relationship to the United States. Anna Cento Bull also excluded Pinochet from fascism, although

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also won the majority of votes for the Parliament. However, due to the "binomial" representation system included in the constitution, the elected senators did not achieve a complete majority in Parliament, a situation that would last for over 15 years. This forced them to negotiate all law projects

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On 5 October 1988, the "NO" option won with 55.99% of the votes, against 44.01% of "YES" votes. In the wake of his electoral defeat, Pinochet attempted to implement a plan for an auto-coup. He attempted to implement efforts to orchestrate chaos and violence in the streets to justify his power grab,

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Financial conglomerates became major beneficiaries of the liberalized economy and the flood of foreign bank loans. Large foreign banks reinstated the credit cycle, as debt obligations, such as resuming payment of principal and interest installments, were honored. International lending organizations

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Almost immediately after the military's seizure of power, the junta banned all the leftist parties that had constituted Allende's UP coalition. All other parties were placed in "indefinite recess" and were later banned outright. The government's violence was directed not only against dissidents but

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The following year, he returned to his studies in the academy. After obtaining the title of Officer Chief of Staff, in 1951, he returned to teach at the Military School. At the same time, he worked as a teachers' aide at the War Academy, assisting with military geography and geopolitics classes. He

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refused, saying that he would not agree to such a thing under any circumstances, and the rest of the junta followed this stance, on grounds that Pinochet already had his turn and lost. Matthei would later become the first member of the junta to publicly admit that Pinochet had lost the plebiscite.

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by left-wing radicals, Allende appointed Pinochet a supreme authority of Santiago province, imposing a military curfew in the process, which was later lifted. However, on 2 December 1971, following a series of peaceful protests against economic policies of Allende, the curfew was re-installed, all

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informed the nation that during Pinochet's reign, 120 bodies had been tossed from helicopters into "the ocean, the lakes and the rivers of Chile". In a final assessment of his legacy during his funeral, Belisario Velasco, Chile's interior minister at the time remarked that "Pinochet was a classic

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According to the transitional provisions of the 1980 Constitution, a referendum was scheduled for 5 October 1988, to vote on a new eight-year presidential term for Pinochet. Confronted with increasing opposition, notably at the international level, Pinochet legalized political parties in 1987 and

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Wages decreased by 8%. Family allowances in 1989 were 28% of what they had been in 1970 and the budgets for education, health and housing had dropped by over 20% on average. The junta relied on the middle class, the oligarchy, foreign corporations, and foreign loans to maintain itself. Businesses

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Some political scientists have ascribed the relative bloodiness of the coup to the stability of the existing democratic system, which required extreme action to overturn. Some of the worst cases of human rights violation occurred during the early period: in October 1973, at least 70 people were

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Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbour no rancour against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration ... I assume full

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In August 1989, Marcelo Barrios Andres, a 21-year-old member of the FPMR (the armed wing of the PCC, created in 1983, which had attempted to assassinate Pinochet on 7 September 1986), was murdered by a group of military personnel who were supposed to arrest him on orders of Valparaíso's public

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fighter-bombers departed for Chile, arriving on 22 May and allowing the Chilean Air Force to reform the No. 9 "Las Panteras Negras" Squadron. A further consignment of three frontier surveillance and shipping reconnaissance Canberras left for Chile in October. Some authors have speculated that

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provisional president, on 17 June 1974 by Decree Law No. 527. He was officially titled "President of the Republic" on 17 December 1974. General Leigh, head of the Air Force, became increasingly opposed to Pinochet's policies and was forced into retirement on 24 July 1978, after contradicting

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was temporarily imprisoned and tortured after the 1973 coup and died shortly afterwards from heart complications, said that it would be "a violation of conscience" to attend a state funeral for Pinochet. The only government authority present at the public funeral was the Defense Minister,

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During the 1990s, while no longer President but still commander-in-chief, Pinochet scoffed at his human rights critics. When asked about the discovery of a mass grave of his government's victims, Pinochet was quoted in the Chilean press as joking that it was an "efficient" way of burial.

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Political advertising was legalized on 5 September 1987, as a necessary element for the campaign for the "NO" to the referendum, which countered the official campaign, which presaged a return to a Popular Unity government in case of a defeat of Pinochet. The Opposition, gathered into the

3681:, a Cold War ally of the West, has been characterized as "Africa's Pinochet" for ordering the torture and mass killing of political opponents during his reign, and for the decades long campaign to see him convicted of crimes against humanity. Images of Pinochet have been used in several 1825:, banned all parties and halted all political and perceived subversive activities. This military junta held the executive role until 17 December 1974, after which it remained strictly as a legislative body, the executive powers being transferred to Pinochet with the title of President. 1892:(UDI), gave a lot of power to the President of the Republic—Pinochet. It created some new institutions, such as the Constitutional Tribunal and the controversial National Security Council (COSENA). It also prescribed an 8-year presidential period, and a single-candidate presidential 4335:

case, a detention and torture center in the outskirts of Santiago. Pinochet, who still benefited from a reputation of righteousness from his supporters, lost legitimacy when he was put under house arrest for tax fraud and passport forgery, following the publication by the US Senate

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This is a sad, sordid tale of money laundering involving Pinochet accounts at multiple financial institutions using alias names, offshore accounts, and close associates. As a former General and President of Chile, Pinochet was a well-known human rights violator and violent

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In March 2000, Congress approved a constitutional amendment creating the status of "ex-president", which granted its holder immunity from prosecution and a financial allowance; this replaced Pinochet's senatorship-for-life. 111 legislators voted for, and 29 against.

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revoked most of the indictment from Judge Carlos Cerda against the Pinochet family. Pinochet's five children, his wife and 17 other persons (including two generals, one of his former lawyers and his former secretary) were arrested in October 2007 on charges of

2887:. Shortly before giving up power, on September 15, 1989, Pinochet prohibited all forms of abortion, previously authorized in case of rape or risk to the life of the mother. Pinochet argued that due to advances in medicine, abortion was "no longer justifiable". 1630:, or Plan Z) that Allende's government or its associates were purportedly preparing. United States intelligence agencies believed the plan to be untrue propaganda. Although later discredited and officially recognized as the product of political propaganda, 4142:

Two days later, he was again indicted and ordered preliminary house arrest on charges of kidnapping and murder of two bodyguards of Salvador Allende who were arrested the day of the 1973 coup and executed by firing squad during the Caravan of Death.

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He shut down parliament, suffocated political life, banned trade unions, and made Chile his sultanate. His government disappeared 3,000 opponents, arrested 30,000 (torturing thousands of them) ... Pinochet's name will forever be linked to the

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in 1988, where a candidate nominated by the Junta would be approved or rejected for another 8-year period. The new constitution was approved by a margin of 67.04% to 30.19% according to official figures; the opposition, headed by ex-president

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The Supreme Court affirmed, in March 2005, Pinochet's immunity concerning the 1974 assassination of General Carlos Prats in Buenos Aires, which had taken place in the frame of Operation Condor. However, he was deemed fit to stand trial for

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wrote that the concentration of money in the hands of the very rich and the perversion of democracy through the privatization of government was always the goal. She contends this was the effective meaning of the theoretical model known as

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This "dual system" also extended to insurance and social security services, as State-owned FONASA (National Healthcare Fund) was created in 1979 and the private and paid ISAPRES (Institutions of Previsional Health) were created in 1981.

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and other U.S. financial institutions used by Pinochet and his associates for 25 years to secretly move millions of dollars. Though the subcommittee was charged only with investigating compliance of financial institutions under the

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In sharp contrast to the privatization done in other areas, Chile's nationalized main copper mines remained in government hands, with the 1980 Constitution later declaring the mines "inalienable". In 1976 the State-owned enterprise

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On 2 June 2017, Chilean judge Hernan Cristoso sentenced 106 former Chilean intelligence officials to between 541 days and 20 years in prison for their role in the kidnapping and murder of 16 left-wing activists in 1974 and 1975.

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Pinochet was arrested in London on "charges of genocide and terrorism that include murder" in October 1998. The indictment and arrest of Pinochet was the first time that a former government head was arrested on the principle of

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might threaten human rights in the region. The CIA chose to keep him as an asset, and at one point even paid him. In addition to the CIA's maintaining of assets in DINA beginning soon after the coup, several CIA assets, such as

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was most probably related to various illegal arms traffic carried out, after Pinochet's resignation from power, by military circles very close to himself. Huber had been assassinated a short time before he was due to

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stated that while the U.S. tacitly supported the Pinochet government after the 1973 coup, there was "no evidence" that the US was directly involved in it. This view has been contradicted by several academics, such as

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in the case concerning the 1991 illegal export of weapons to the Croatian army. The deal involved 370 tons of weapons, sold to Croatia by Chile on 7 December 1991, when the former country was under a United Nations'

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notes that "Although he was authoritarian and ruled dictatorially, Pinochet's support of neoliberal economic policies and his unwillingness to support national businesses distinguished him from classical fascists."

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Armed opposition to the Pinochet rule continued in remote parts of the country. In a massive operation spearheaded by Chilean Army para-commandos, some 2,000 security forces troops were deployed in the mountains of

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long-range radar that was deployed in the south of the country gave the British task force early warning of Argentinian air attacks. This allowed British ships and troops in the war zone to take defensive action.

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the same day. On 4 December 2006, the Chilean Court of Appeals ordered the suspension of his house arrest. On 10 December 2006 at 13:30 local time (16:30 UTC) he was taken to the intensive care unit. He died of

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which saw political dissidents being thrown from helicopters over the Pacific or the Andes during Pinochet's rule. Variations of the internet meme have seen increased popularity with the rise of far-right and

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however, the Carabinero police refused an order to lift the cordon against street demonstrations in the capital, according to a CIA informant. In his final move, Pinochet convened a meeting of his junta at

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protests prohibited, with Pinochet leading the crackdown on anti-Allende protests. At the beginning of 1972, he was appointed General Chief of Staff of the Army. With rising domestic strife in Chile, after

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in the US. The bank controlled between US$ 4 million and $ 8 million of Pinochet's assets, who lived in Santiago in a modest house, cloaking his wealth. According to the report, Riggs participated in

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was established in 1974 soon after the coup, during the Junta period prior to official transfer of Presidential powers to Pinochet; in 1975, the CIA reviewed a warning that keeping Contreras as an

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case in which 119 died, and was again placed under house arrest. He suffered a stroke on 18 December 2004. Questioned by his judges in order to know if, as president, he was the direct head of

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Pinochet on that year's plebiscite (officially called Consulta Nacional, or National Consultation, in response to a UN resolution condemning Pinochet's government). He was replaced by General

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for a Miami-based television network, which raised doubts about his alleged mental incapacity. In December 2004, he was charged with several crimes, including the 1974 assassination of

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insists in the similarities between the alleged Plan Z and other existing paramilitary plans of the Popular Unity parties in support of its legitimacy. Pinochet was also trained by the

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social security and hundreds of state-owned enterprises. Some of the government properties were sold below market price to politically connected buyers, including Pinochet's son-in-law

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who bought texts Pinochet was searching for. As ruler of Chile he used discretionary funds for these purchases. The library included many rare books including a first edition (1646)

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to 1970, GDP had contracted by 5% in 1973, and public spending rose from 22.6% to 44.9% of GDP between 1970 and 1973, creating a deficit equal to 25% of GDP. While some authors like

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Without any support from the junta, Pinochet was forced to accept the result. The ensuing Constitutional process led to presidential and legislative elections the following year.

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guerrillas. The Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, however, has stated that only 49 FPMR guerrillas were killed but hundreds detained and tortured. According to a study in

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approximately 31,947 were tortured and 1,312 exiled. The exiles were pursued all over the world by the intelligence agencies. In Latin America, this was carried out under

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concluded that 2,279 people who disappeared during the military government were killed for political reasons or as a result of political violence. According to the later

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was the first foreign journalist to interview General Pinochet following the coup. After Allende's final radio address, he shot himself rather than becoming a prisoner.

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In January 1971, Pinochet was promoted to division general and was named General Commander of the Santiago Army Garrison. On 8 June 1971, following the assassination of

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In January 2005, the Chilean Army accepted institutional responsibility for past human rights abuses. In 2006, Pinochet was indicted for kidnappings and torture at the

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It is notable that in all the declarations of Pinochet's men, nobody has mentioned the creators of the new Chilean society and state, I haven't heard anybody mention

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guarding against possible Chilean incursions. Pinochet subsequently visited the UK on more than one occasion. Pinochet's controversial relationship with Thatcher led

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MacLean, Nancy (2017) "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America." New York. Random House, Penguin Books. pages 154-168.

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in the Bacteriological War Army Laboratory for Pinochet; these materials were used against political opponents. The DINA biochemist was also alleged to have created

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had documented the disappearance of approximately 1,500 Chileans since 1973. Among the killed and disappeared during the military regime were at least 663 Marxist

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was established to exploit them; a new law in 1982 opened new mineral deposits to private investment. In November 1980, the pension system was restructured from a

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has called the Chilean army under Pinochet "the last Prussian army in the world", suggesting a pre-Fascist origin to the model of Pinochet's military government.

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and although Chile grew very quickly between 1976 and 1981, at an average of 7,2%, it had a large amount of debt which made Chile the most affected nation by the

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was to triumphantly get up from his wheelchair to the acclaim of his supporters. He was greeted by his successor as head of the Chilean armed forces, General

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According to Pinochet, who was aware of his ancestry, he was taught the French language by an uncle, although he later forgot most of it. Pinochet admired

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Due to the transitional provisions of the constitution, Pinochet remained as Commander-in-Chief of the Army until March 1998. He was then sworn in as a

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and deepening poverty as they negatively impacted the wages, benefits and working conditions of Chile's working class. According to Chilean economist

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ruled in favor of judge Juan Guzmán's request in August 2000, and Pinochet was indicted on 1 December 2000 for the kidnapping of 75 opponents in the

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by using paragraphs from a 1949 conference presentation of Rodríguez without attributing them to him. Rodríguez had previously lectured Pinochet and

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Argentina might have won the war had the military felt able to employ the elite VIth and VIIIth Mountain Brigades, which remained sitting in the

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On 25 November 2006, Pinochet marked his 91st birthday by having his wife read a statement he had written to admirers present for his birthday:

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argue there was no blockade because aid and credit still existed (albeit in smaller quantities), and no formal trade embargo had been declared.

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appointed Pinochet Supreme Head of the nation by joint decree, although without the support of one of the coup's instigators, Air Force General

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The US provided material support to the military government after the coup, although criticizing it in public. A document released by the U.S.

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and use of false passports. They were accused of having illegally transferred $ 27m (£13.2m) to foreign bank accounts during Pinochet's rule.

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In July 2002, the Supreme Court dismissed Pinochet's indictment in the various human rights abuse cases, for medical reasons (vascular

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Pinochet returned to Chile on 3 March 2000. So as to avoid any potential disruption his flight back to Chile from the UK departed from

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will be born again purified from the vices and bad habits that ended up destroying our institutions. ... e are inspired in the

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protected him from legal action. These were possible in Chile only after Pinochet was arrested in 1998 in the United Kingdom, on an

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participated in the design of important speeches of Pinochet and provided frequent political and doctrinal advice and consultancy.

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in response to growing inequality in the country which can be traced back to the neoliberal policies of the Pinochet dictatorship.

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creating a greater supervisory role for the Central Bank. Pinochet's market liberalizations have continued after his death, led by

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asserting that the government was not respecting the Constitution. Less than a month later, the Chilean military deposed Allende.

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Pinochet died a few days later, on 10 December 2006, without having been convicted of any of the crimes of which he was accused.

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Was the United States DIRECTLY involved, covertly, in the 1973 coup in Chile? The Committee has found no evidence that it was.

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detention center by judge Alejandro Madrid (Guzmán's successor), as well as for the 1995 assassination of the DINA biochemist

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on 25 November 1915. He was the son and namesake of Augusto Pinochet Vera (1891–1944), a descendant of an 18th-century French

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38% and some claim that since the consolidation of the neoliberal system inequality has been reducing. Others disagree, as

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rocket launchers, as well as more than 3,000 M-16 rifles, were smuggled into the country by opponents of the government.

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Devine, Jack (July 2014). "What Really Happened in Chile: The CIA, the Coup against Allende, and the Rise of Pinochet".

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said the retired general's televised arrival had damaged the image of Chile, while thousands demonstrated against him.

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reforms that attempted to stop inflation and collapse. Pinochet declared that he wanted "to make Chile not a nation of

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and Guillermo Novo, collaborated in DINA operations under the Condor Plan in the early years of Pinochet's presidency.

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Pinochet went to primary and secondary school at the San Rafael Seminary of Valparaíso, the Rafael Ariztía Institute (

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In 1956, Pinochet and a group of young officers were chosen to collaborate in the organization of the War Academy of

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and embezzlement during and after his rule. He was also accused of having corruptly amassed at least US$ 28 million.

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Despite having Pinochet as its highest commander, a "confession" which Michael Townley made in 1978 described Gen.

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Hugo Guttierez, in charge of the Caravan of Death case, declared, "Our country has the degree of justice that the

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which showed Pinochet dressed as Louis XIV on its front page. The magazine was subsequently censored out of the

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Investigative journalist Juan Cristóbal Peña has put forward the thesis that Pinochet felt intellectual envy of

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Protests continued, however, during the 1980s, leading to several scandals. In March 1985, the murder of three

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political operative Patrick Robertson, he was released in March 2000 on medical grounds by the Home Secretary

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was found in a dirty canal "with his hands and face extremely disfigured" and with "forty-four bullet holes".

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Constable, Pamela; Valenzuela, Arturo (1993), "The rich", in Constable, Pamela; Valenzuela, Arturo (eds.),

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In 2007, fifteen years of investigation led to the conclusion that the 1992 assassination of DINA Colonel

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stated that high visibility of Pinochet and neglect of co-workers was reminiscent of fascist leadership:

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United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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Procesan a Pinochet y ordenan su arresto por los secuestros y homicidios de la "Caravana de la Muerte"

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Nicholas van der Bijl and David Aldea, 5th Infantry Brigade in the Falklands, page 28, Leo Cooper 2003

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in Quito. He remained with the Quito mission for four-and-a-half years, during which time he studied

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Vial Correa, Gonzalo (23 September 2003). "Carlos Altamirano, el Plan Z y la "Operación Blanqueo"".

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was found in Pinochet's library in 2006. Pinochet's library contained almost no poetry or fiction.

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and the Chilean Socialist Party. The Constitutional changes were approved by 91.25% of the voters.

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Petras, James; Vieux, Steve (July 1990). "The Chilean "economic miracle": an empirical critique".

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report dated 28 April 1978 that showed the agency by then had knowledge that Pinochet ordered the

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since its formation. During a 1986 protest against Pinochet, 21-year-old American photographer

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By late 1945, Pinochet had been assigned to the "Carampangue" Regiment in the northern city of

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General Juan Emilio Cheyre, "Ejército de Chile: el fin de una visión", La Tercera, 11 May 2004

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State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years (Critical Terrorism Studies)

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Loveman, Brian (1986). "Military Dictatorship and Political Opposition in Chile, 1973–1986".

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was established immediately following the coup, made up of General Pinochet representing the

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Esberg, Jane (2020). "Censorship as Reward: Evidence from Pop Culture Censorship in Chile".

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Dasnois, Alide (8 July 2009). "Chile and the absurdity of ideological social engineering".

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However, he and his government are generally excluded from academic typologies of fascism.

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Pinochet's regime was responsible for many human rights abuses during its reign, including

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members led to the resignation of César Mendoza, head of the Carabineros and member of the

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Over several months in 2005, Chilean judge Sergio Muñoz indicted Augusto Pinochet's wife,

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president from 1981 to 1990. His time in office remains the longest of any Chilean ruler.

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Posner, Michael (17 September 2009). "What it's like to arrive at a place called exile".

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Pinochet S.A.: la base de la fortuna. Ozren Agnic Krstulovic. Page 147. RiL Editores 2006

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in July 2004. The report was a consequence of investigations on financial funding of the

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Another reason for Pinochet's decision to call for elections was the April 1987 visit of

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Victims of the Chilean miracle: workers and neoliberalism in the Pinochet era, 1973–2002

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The Cambridge History of Latin America, Vol. VI, 1930 to the Present. Ed. Leslie Bethell

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had been identified as paying more than £1m to Pinochet, through a front company in the

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On 11 September 1973, the combined Chilean Armed Forces (the Army, Navy, Air Force, and

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on the proposed changes took place, supported by all the parties except the right-wing

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of the Army appointed by Allende. The government also refused to declare an official

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that the US was extensively involved and actively "fomented" the 1973 coup. Authors

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The Condor Years: How Pinochet And His Allies Brought Terrorism To Three Continents

11543:"Pablo Larraín y Netflix preparan "El Conde", una sátira sobre un Pinochet vampiro" 10053:"Juan Cristóbal Peña: 'Se ha menospreciado a Pinochet en su capacidad intelectual'" 9230:"Jaime Guzmán no fue un defensor de los Derechos Humanos en el Régimen de Pinochet" 8936: 8486: 8155: 7962: 7919: 7017: 6078: 5755: 5718: 5457: 5278: 5059: 5019: 5013: 4981: 4928: 4899: 4523: 4516: 4511: 4487: 4349: 4311: 4269: 4166: 4127: 4049: 4027: 3898: 3855:(1972), which established him as a major figure in Chile's military literature. In 3766: 3746: 3674: 3586: 3444: 3386: 3346: 3306: 3246: 3150: 3019: 2862: 2776: 2657: 2643: 2542: 2209: 2185: 2133: 2058: 2050: 2026: 1993: 1974: 1956: 1866: 1734: 1730: 1676: 1642: 1576: 1549:

of the Army on 23 August 1973 by President Salvador Allende just one day after the

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Out of the Ashes: Life, Death and Transfiguration of Democracy in Chile, 1833–1988

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Chile under Pinochet: recovering the truth. By Mark Ensalaco. Page 146. Cloth 1999

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as the greatest among the French and had a framed picture of him. He also admired

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to Rodríguez, Pinochet would have been particularly impressed by his lectures on

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Image showing Pinochet in an event with background imagery comparing the year of

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Documentary Film on Chilean Concentration Camp from Pinochet's Regime: Chacabuco

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Authors who consider the role of the United States crucial for the coup include

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Many other important officials of Allende's government were tracked down by the

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The parents of Pinochet : Augusto Pinochet Vera and Avelina Ugarte Martínez

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Pinochet directly ordered killing on US soil of Chilean diplomat, papers reveal

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Cobertura Especial: Detienen a familia y principales colaboradores de Pinochet

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Capítulos desconocidos de los mercenarios chilenos en Honduras camino de Iraq

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other country in Latin America or elsewhere. It was Pinochet's Chile in 1975.

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bases, seizing large caches of munitions and killing a number of guerrillas.

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Pinochet congratulates new President Patricio Aylwin after handing over the

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Pinochet's 17-year rule was given a legal framework through a controversial

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with 55% of the votes, against less than 30% for the right-wing candidate,

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Nixon, Kissinger, and Allende: U.S. Involvement in the 1973 Coup in Chile.

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Former Chilean soldier charged with murder after stunning radio confession

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Su revolución contra nuestra revolución: izquierdas y derechas en el Chile

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Nixon, Kissinger, and Allende: U.S. Involvement in the 1973 Coup in Chile.

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When the admiration of Louis XIV surfaced in a 1986 interview it provoked

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case. Guzmán advanced the charge of kidnapping as the 75 were officially "

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groups representing the "Consejos Regionales" bestowed Pinochet the title

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ruled that Pinochet was medically fit to stand trial and placed him under

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to become General Chief of Staff in early 1972 before being appointed its

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Human Rights Violations by the Military Dictatorship in Chile (1973-1990)

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Wright, Thomas C.; Oñate Zúñiga, Rody (2007). "Chilean political exile".

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The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Consejo de Defensa del Estado se hace querellante en caso armas a Ecuador

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Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990) § Human rights violations

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In September 1937, Pinochet was assigned to the "Chacabuco" Regiment, in

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