SPAN1622 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Socialist Party Of Chile, Military Of Chile, Henry Kissinger

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Spanish and Latin American Studies
• Course: SPAN1622
• Professor: Ruben Perez-Hidalgo

Document Summary

Week 10 reading: el alma en pena de augusto pinochet. Chilean general, political and the dictator of chile between 1973 and 1990 who remained the commander in chief of the chilean arm until 1998 and was also president of the. Government junta of chile between 1973 and 1981. Pinochet assumed power in chile following a united states-backed coup d" tat on 11. September 1973 that overthrew the democratically elected socialist unidad popular government of president salvador allende and ended civilian rule. The support of the united states was crucial to the coup and the consolidation of power afterward. Following his rise to power, pinochet persecuted leftists, socialists, and political critics, resulting in the executions of from 1,200 to 3,200 people, the internment of as many as. 80,000 people and the torture of tens of thousands: according to the chilean government, the number of executions and forced disappearances was 3,095.