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Apr 2, 2014 · Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet overthrew the Allende government in 1973 and stayed in power until 1998. He was never tried for alleged human rights abuses.
Sep 10, 2023 · During the ensuing 17-year rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, more than 3,000 people would be disappeared or killed and some 38,000 would become political prisoners — most of them victims of torture....
Jan 30, 2007 · Chile’s former president, General Augusto Pinochet, died in December. Some of his legacies are well known, but others are not.
Dec 11, 2006 · Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the brutal dictator who repressed and reshaped Chile for nearly two decades and became a notorious symbol of human rights abuse and corruption, died yesterday at the...
Jul 18, 2019 · Augusto Pinochet (November 25, 1915–December 10, 2006) was an army officer and dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990. His years in power were marked by inflation, poverty, and the ruthless repression of opposition leaders.
Augusto Pinochet, (born Nov. 25, 1915, Valparaiso, Chile—died Dec. 10, 2006, Santiago), Head of Chile’s military government (1974–90). A career military officer, he planned and led the coup d’état in which Pres. Salvador Allende died.
On September 11, 1973, the armed forces staged a coup d’état. Allende died during an assault on the presidential palace, and a junta composed of three generals and an admiral, with Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte as president, was installed. At the outset the junta received the support of the oligarchy and of a sizable part of the middle class.
