Augusto pinochet biography
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CIAO DATE: 06/03
Foreign Policy
May/June
The Trials constantly Pinochet
Patricio Navia*
Pinochet: La Biografía (Pinochet: Depiction Biography)
By Gonzalo Vial Correa
pages, Santiago: Editorial Aguilar
El Mercurio, (in Spanish)
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Augusto Pinochet
Dictator of Chile from to
"Pinochet" redirects here. For other people, see Pinochet (surname).
In this Chilean name, the first or paternal surname is Pinochet and the second or maternal family name is Ugarte.
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[A] (25 November – 10 December ) was a Chilean military officer who was the dictator of Chile from to From to , he was the leader of the military junta, which in declared him President of the Republic and thus the dictator of Chile;[4][5][6] in , a&#;referendum approved a&#;new constitution confirming him in the office, after which he served as de&#;jure president from to [7] His time in office remains the longest of any Chilean ruler.[8][B]
Augusto Pinochet rose through the ranks of the Chilean Army to become General Chief of Staff in early before being appointed its Commander-in-Chief on 23 August by President Salvador Allende.[7] On 11 September , Pinochet seized power in Chile in a military coup, with the support of the United States,[9][10][11][C] that toppled Allende's democratically elected left-wing Unidad Popular government and ended civilian rule. In December , the rulin
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The Allende Years and the Pinochet Coup, –
Relations between the United States and Chile deteriorated in the s due to U.S. concerns regarding the Chilean Left and the rise of Chilean nationalization of certain industries, especially copper. The Alliance for Progress, signed in by President John F. Kennedy, was designed to prevent the spread of socialism throughout the hemisphere. The Alliance allowed for monetary investment in Latin American countries that would help bolster infrastructure, education, and champion democratic governments, and Chile was one of the primary recipients of aid. The prospect of the nationalization of two of the leading Chilean copper companies, Anaconda and Kennicott—both owned by corporations based in the United States—along with the growth of socialist sentiment throughout the hemisphere led the United States to overtly and covertly send aid and assistance to the Chilean Government, as well as to political parties such as the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
A crowd of marchers show their support for Allende. (U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
In September , PDC candidate Eduardo Frei was elected President of Chile, beating out third-time candidate Salvador Allend