Chile the military dictatorship, from 1973 britannica. Augusto pinochet ugarte, the brutal dictator who repressed and reshaped chile for nearly two decades, died on dec. On september 11, 1973, the armed forces staged a coup detat. Chile under pinochet a chronology published on fri 15 jan 1999 11. Antonys college oxford university 2006 few coups in latin have received so much international attention as that of chile in 1973. The house of lords, in its second decision on march 24, 1999, ruled that the only crimes for which general pinochet could be extradited were torture and conspiracy to torture after december 8. Terrorism and political violence during the pinochet years. Augusto pinochet military dictatorship of chile don quijote. Augusto pinochet following his bloody september 1973 coup detat that overthrew president salvador allende, augusto pinochet, commanderinchief of the chilean armed forces and national police, became head of a military junta that would rule chile for the next seventeen years. Pinochet, a graduate of the military academy in santiago 1936, was a career. He stepped down in 1990 after a presidential election was held.
The pinochet regime in chile southern methodist university. Human rights violations in pinochets chile wikipedia. Augusto pinochet led a military coup that overthrew chile s government on september 11, 1973. Augusto pinochet ugarte as president, was installed. Chile under pinochet a chronology augusto pinochet the. Linz y alfred stepan,politicalinstitutional contexts for democratic consolidation. Allende died during an assault on the presidential palace, and a junta composed of three generals and an admiral, with gen. Capitulo 2 dictadura militar del general augusto pinochet ugarte. While this has not prevented the consolidation of democracy in. At the outset the junta received the support of the oligarchy and of a sizable part of the middle. Condemnation of pinochet and his regime was almost universal except for the usa because his coup took place in a. The extradition of general augusto pinochet human rights watch. The documents include cia records on pinochet s role in the washington d. Augusto pinochet, born in valparaiso in 1915, was president of chile between 1973 and 1990, ruling as a dictator after overthrowing the democraticallyelected president allende in a coup detat.
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