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Pinochet's Chile - Washington Post  The coup ended Chile's long tradition of constitutional government and ... As the first avowedly Marxist elected chief of state in the Western Hemisphere, his ... appointed, National Congress in 1990 and an elected president in 1997. ... head of the armed forces until at least 1998, after which he would become "senator for life.
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Augusto Pinochet | president of Chile | Britannica.com  Feb 9, 2016 ... Pinochet was head of Chile's military government. ... who was appointed army commander in chief by President Allende ... As commander of the armed forces until 1998, Pinochet frequently ... After stepping down, he became a senator for life, a post granted to former presidents under the 1981 constitution.
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Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  Augusto Jos Ramn Pinochet Ugarte was President of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 1973 to 1998. .... At the beginning of 1972 he was appointed General Chief of Staff of the Army. ...... As a former General and President of Chile, Pinochet was a well-known human rights...
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The Dictator - The New Yorker  PROFILE of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. ... October 19, 1998 Issue ... an office, just around the corner from his former Presidential residence, in Las Condes, ... the nineteen-year-old daughter of a former senator and government minister. ... years earlier, appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army.
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Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91 ...  Dec 11, 2006 ... Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91 ... He held on to his post of commander in chief of the army until 1998. ... He appointed military officers as mayors of towns and cities throughout Chile. .... In presidential elections a year later, the former dictator's candidate was handily...
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1973 Chilean coup d'tat - Wikipedia  The 1973 Chilean coup d'tat was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold ... Allende's appointed army chief, Augusto Pinochet, rose to supreme power within ... Allende contested the 1970 Chilean presidential election with Jorge .... on 11 September 1973, it was aware of coup-plotting by the military, had...
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Salvador Allende - Wikipedia  Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country ... Following Allende's 'resignation', General Augusto Pinochet declined to return .... Allende won the 1970 Chilean presidential election as leader of the Unidad Popular...
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Fulgencio Batista, from army sergeant to dictator - History of Cuba  In 1921 he joined the army as a private, and in 1932 he became a military ... of the Sergeants," Batista took over the Cuban government on September 4, 1933. The coup overthrew the liberal government of Gerardo Machado, and ... led by Fidel Castro attacked the Moncada Army Barracks in Santiago on July 26, 1953.
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Salvador Allende - Wikipedia  Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. ... On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a coup d'tat sponsored by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Salvador Allende - Wikipedia  Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first ... As a member of the Socialist Party, he was a senator, deputy and cabinet .... Allende won the 1970 Chilean presidential election as leader of the Unidad ...... His tomb is constantly visited both by foreigners and locals alike.
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CIA: Chile's Pinochet Ordered Murder of Political Rival on US Soil  Sep 25, 2016 ... Augusto Pinochet is widely considered to have been a dictator, his ... Letelier served as foreign minister of Chile under socialist President Salvador ... After Pinochet's coup deposed Allende in 1973, the military regime held Letelier as political prisoner as he was one of the most fervent opposition figures.
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Colin Powell - Wikipedia  Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United ... During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (19871989), as Commander of the .... promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief,...
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Chilean Supreme Court ends legal proceedings against Pinochet ...  Jul 20, 2002 ... Prats had served in the cabinet of Socialist Party President Salvador Allende, ... The prosecution had argued that the July 2001 ruling had breached the ... to distance themselves from him by getting the former dictator off the political stage. ... that Pinochet could return to Chile, as he was too frail to stand trial.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 11 | 1973: President overthrown in Chile coup  President Salvador Allende of Chile - the world's first democratically-elected Marxist head of state - dies in a revolt led by the armed forces.
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Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  Augusto Jos Ramn Pinochet Ugarte was President of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 1973 to 1998. ..... Some of the most infamous cases of human rights violation occurred during the ... a former Chilean soldier during the Pinochet years, was arrested and charged with...
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Presidency of Salvador Allende - Wikipedia  Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until 1973, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was the first Marxist ever to be elected to the national presidency of a democracy. Though the 1970 election was lawful, in August 1973 the Chilean Senate .... He was supported by the Communist Party, thatdespite being ultimately...
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Pinochet released to return to Chile - Latin American Studies  March 3, 2000. Pinochet released to return to Chile Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was deemed too ill to stand trial ... president Augusto Pinochet departed London Thursday on a ... abuses are not immune from prosecution abroad. ... such as whether Pinochet, a retired general, can be stripped of his status as
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UNHCR - Allende, Isabel  She went into exile after her uncle, Chilean President Salvador Allende, was overthrown in the military coup led by General Augusto ... Isabel had been receiving death threats and learnt that her name was on a military blacklist. ... The family lives through turbulent times and, like Isabel's, is caught up in the politics of the day.
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Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the ...  Washington, D.C.  September 11, 1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ... The violent overthrow of the democratically-elected Popular Unity government of ... and isolate Allende's government diplomatically, between 1970 and 1973. ... a South American joint intelligence operation designed to "eliminate Marxist...
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Augusto Pinochet - Dictator, General - Biography.com  Apr 2, 2014 ... Pinochet overthrew the government of Salvador Allende in 1973. ... A month later, Pinochet led the military coup that overthrew Allende. ... A plebiscite held in 1988 rejected his candidacy as president beyond 1990, but he...
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1973 Chilean coup d'tat - Wikipedia  The 1973 Chilean coup d'tat was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold ... Allende contested the 1970 Chilean presidential election with Jorge .... of our Nation, and the essential underpinnings of democratic co-existence ..... who was serving with the Cazadores, became the first fatal casualty of the...