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PINOCHET

Viola Todorovic at the place where she was held captive and subjected to torture during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. She was 19 years-old when she was disappeared by the secret police.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2023
Chile political prisoners reclaim torture sites to preserve coup memory
These places have become focal points of shared memory as victims and their families look to gain more control over the past
A supporter of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet holds a portrait of him during a demonstration in Santiago in 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2023
Dictator Pinochet still looms large over Chile, 50 years after coup
A survey conducted in May found that 36% of people believe the general "liberated Chile from Marxism," the highest figure measured in 28 years of polling.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 24, 2019
Pinera inks law for vote on new Chile constitution to replace dictator-era charter
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday signed off on a referendum to be held on a new constitution, which he vowed would generate a "solid, compassionate and legitimate framework" that would help reunify the country after nine weeks of intense protest over inequality and elitism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2014
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In 1988, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who came to power in a bloody coup in 1973, decided to hold a national referendum — a simple yes or no vote — on whether he should extend his rule by eight years. It was supposed to be an exercise in sham democracy to stem international criticism and legitimize his government. With much of the political opposition jailed, dead or intimidated, and opposition parties legalized only months before, the General was sure of a win.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 12, 2013
U.S. role in aiding Pinochet
To bomb or not to bomb? That is the question that has been exercising self-proclaimed liberal interventionists over the past two decades, from Bosnia to Syria. The argument that divides public opinion across the Western world is how far military means can be used to punish dictators.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2013
Don't credit Chile's economic rise to Pinochet
Although many people give credit to Gen. Augusto Pinochet for his economic modernization of Chile, the groundwork was laid by his predecessors under democratic rule.

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