Augusto Pinochet: The Powerful Dictator Who Ruled Chile

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Augusto Pinochet was the president and dictator who ruled Chile. He overthrew Salvador Allende government with the coup September 11, 1973. Of course, Pinochet was very brutal and he was a well-known destroyer. This didn’t stop his rampages and he continued to make his territory spiral downward at a fast pace. His 17 year dictatorship was covered with murder, torture, and abuse. He had over 200,000 political assassinations on his record, which is more than any other dictator contributed.

Pinochet was born November 25, 1915 in Valparaiso, Chile. His religion is Roman Catholic and his ethnicity is Hispanic. His occupation is head of state which is a very big role. His nationality is Chile and in summary he overthrew Chile with the help of CIA. His military service is the Chilean Army, which is a very strong army considering it’s past. Pinochet attended French Father's School in his high school years which is located in Valparaiso, Chile. His mother was Avelina Ugarte Martínez and his wife was Maria Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez. Later, Pinochet attended military college and was vastly promoted and continued studying at the Chilean War Academy. For two long years Pinochet commanded a concentration camp which could have influenced him to become the brutal dictator that he is. In 1970 Salvador Allende, who was a socialist, became president of Chile. Secretly, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency created obstacles and highlighted weaknesses to rush Allende out of office as soon as he was put in. This drained millions of dollars to put such act together. Soon, the plan was successful and in years time the economy was facing major decrease and was in chaos and CIA spent $11 million dollars. Surprisingly Allende gave Pinoch...

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...used him to visit the hospital and surgery rooms more often than any other dictator alive. Pinochet lived to be 91 years old. Therefore he was born in 1915 and died in 2005. This is remarkable for such a man to live through all of his high demands and strong dictatorship. I believe that he was not the worst, but he killed and murdered many people of his country. His favoritism caused many deaths and are the exact reason. He believe that if someone was poor that they didn’t matter so if he killed them he was contributing to the country. I am proud to research such a powerful dictator such as Augusto Pinochet.

Citations:

http://www.nndb.com/people/393/000022327/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDpinochet.htm

http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8406905

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/world/americas/11pinochet.html

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