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Aug 7, 2013 · During the Pinochet rule in Chile, human rights activist José Zalaquett was twice arrested and ultimately forced into exile. As a committed lawyer, the government tried to stop him from defending human rights. Here, he shares his story and thoughts of what the figure of Augusto Pinochet means today.
Jan 15, 1999 · Chile under Pinochet - a chronology. Fri 15 Jan 1999 11.58 EST. 1970. President Salvador Allende is elected to power at the head of a Popular Unity coalition of Socialists and Communists....
Sep 5, 2023 · FILE - A man holds a sign of Chile’s late Gen. Augusto Pinochet who ruled Chile as a dictator from 1973 to 1990 with the Spanish message: “We want order,” at a protest after the murder of police officer Daniel Palma, the third murder of an officer in the previous 23 days, in Santiago, Chile, April 6, 2023.
Sep 11, 2013 · Chilean author Isabel Allende remembers the military coup on 11 September 1973, and how it changed her own life and her country forever. How did you get the first signs that Augusto Pinochet was staging a military coup against Salvador Allende?
Sep 11, 2018 · General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, a career military officer, was appointed Commander in Chief of the Chilean army by President Salvador Allende on August 1973. Eighteen days later, with the...
Sep 11, 2023 · 50 Years Ago, a Bloody Coup Ended Democracy in Chile. Gen. Augusto Pinochet led the violent overthrow of the socialist government of Salvador Allende, seizing power for nearly 17 years. Here...
The Chilean Government itself has now acknowledged that under Augusto Pinochet’s rule more than 3000 people were victims of killings, torture, “disappearances”, and death under torture at the hands of government forces.
