Biography of augusto pinochet, chiles military dictator. Eur 452198 amnesty international october 1998 violations included real, potential or suspected ideological opponents of the military government. Pinochet, a graduate of the military academy in santiago 1936, was a career. Pinochet, october 1981 remember september 11th, 1973 during the height of the cold war, the central intelligence agency cia of the united states stepped up their efforts in assuring western hegemony in. He was arrested in london six days later and held on house arrest for a year and a half before being released by the british government in march 2000. He becam leader efter he owerthrew salvador allende, a socialist preses. General augusto pinochet posing before a portrait of diego. Dictadura militar del general augusto pinochet ugarte. Augusto pinochet led a military coup that overthrew chile s government on september 11, 1973. Kissinger covered up chile torture world news the guardian. Dec 03, 2006 augusto pinochet ugarte was born the son of a customs official in the chilean port city of valparaiso on 25 november 1915. He then declared a state of siege, introduced martial law, closed parliament. An overview to the life of augusto pinochet augusto pinochet. Mar 04, 2009 a christian falangist party video dedicated to general augusto pinochet defender of capitalism who saved chile from marxism.
Dec 12, 2006 chilean general and former president augusto pinochet died sunday at 91, without ever being tried on accusations of ordering the torture and killing of thousands of people during his 19731990 regime. A newly declassified cable obtained by the observer reveals the lengths to which henry kissinger went to cover up atrocities in chile and give comfort to the regime of general pinochet. Many chileans felt sadness at the death of their former military ruler it was a member of chiles board of film censors who first brought home to me how long a shadow general pinochet had cast over his country. Dec 11, 2006 general augusto pinochet, who has died aged 91, was the most notorious of latin americas 20thcentury military rulers. However, he turned out to be clever enough to hire an ambitious friedmanite liberal economic team, which turned chile into an. 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. Jonathan kandell, augusto pinochet, a dictator who ruled by. 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.
The extradition of general augusto pinochet human rights watch. He was named head of the militarys governing council and later assumed the title of president in 1974. Atlantic entrance to the straits, to the beagle channel, specifying that chilean. Augusto pinochet was the commanderinchief of the army of chile beginning from 1973 to 1998, later he became the president of the chilean government junta in 1973 till 1981. At the time of his death in december 2006, around 300 criminal charges were still pending against him for crimes relating to operation condor in his native country. No one alive today is more loathed by the communists and their fellow travelers and camp followers than chilean general and former president augusto pinochet ugarte. General pinochet came to power following the coup detat of 11 september 1973 which led to the overthrow of president salvador allende.
According to these reports, during the period 1973 to 1977, the dina reported directly to general pinochet through its director, general contreras. The criminal charges included human rights abuses torture, forced disappearance, assassination, etc. To this end, i combine these four cases in different ways to create three separate. Augusto pinochet not a leaf moves in this country if im not moving it. Codelco was created in the early 1970s from the merger of four large us mining.
February 1997 spanish judicial investigations are initiated centring on human rights violations against. The case of general pinochet amnesty international. It was apparently his mother who pushed him into a military career, and his wife lucia, the daughter of a prominent politician, who encouraged his ambitions. General augusto pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in his native chile by spanish magistrate baltasar garzon on 10 october 1998. Exdictator augusto pinochet, who ruled chile from 1973 to 1990 and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on sunday a week after suffering a heart attack. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. He led the military coup that overthrew chiles elected socialist. Capitulo 2 dictadura militar del general augusto pinochet ugarte. The life of augusto pinochet the chilean general, president and dictator augosto pinochet ugarte, who ruled his country from 1973 to 1990, hit front pages of newspapers worldwide for over four decades, in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and was during that time a controversial figure known by most everyone in the western world.
Augusto pinochet was the dictator of chile from 1973 to 1990. Indictment and arrest of augusto pinochet wikipedia. Augusto pinochet communist fighter the historical truth project. Augusto pinochet ugarte is better called as augusto pinochet. His years in power were marked by inflation, poverty, and the ruthless repression of opposition leaders. Jul 18, 2019 augusto pinochet november 25, 1915december 10, 2006 was an army officer and dictator of chile from 1973 to 1990.
The atrocities of augusto pinochet and the united states nacla. Pinochet seized control of national media, imposing a singular political perspective and an enduring. Dictator of chile between 1973 and 1990, after which he remained as army. He was an army general of chile and also a dictator who took power of chile on 11th september 1973. The pinochet affair has shaped a whole new generation of human rights activists and lawyers. As a result a military junta was formed headed by pinochet.