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Problems with Pinochet.(Letter to the editor)
Jim West, in "The Passing of President Pinochet" (Letter to the Editor, February 19), disagreed with your position that Pinochet was wrongly reviled. The facts agree with THE NEW AMERICAN. The Chilean military (of which Pinochet had been its leader) had prided itself on its history of never having been involved in a coup to overthrow the government--as had been the habit of the military in most of the other South American countries. Even during the period when Allende's communism was severely destroying the economy and quality of life in Chile, the military kept its hands off the government. It was not until Allende decided to ensure the continuation of that policy that he made his fatal mistake.
He planned an operation to assassinate members of the general staff. The plan ...
- Pinochet case reopens old wounds in Chile: Nation on hold until the matter...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Langman, James January 26, 1999 700+ words
...market policies the Pinochet regime adopted in Chile ultimately proved successful...it weren't for Gen. Pinochet, Chile might have been another...who control capital in Chile are of the same ideology as Pinochet. The only way to make...
- PINOCHET IS THE NOMINEE FOR YES-OR-NO CHILE VOTE
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Pamela Constable, Globe Staff August 31, 1988 700+ words
SANTIAGO, Chile - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile's military ruler since 1973, yesterday launched...Marxism has still not been extinguished in Chile." The commanders' decision favoring Pinochet, reached at a closed-door, midday meeting...
- Pinochet Grows Isolated; Chile's Opposition Begins to Fracture
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Eugene Robinson November 19, 1988 700+ words
...the overall question of changes, Pinochet again finds himself standing alone...the political shape of a post-Pinochet Chile. "The government has to look...this wavering is one reason for Pinochet's recent decision to replace...
- Crucial test for Pinochet // Chile set to vote on strongman
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times October 4, 1988 700+ words
...As head of the preeminent army, Pinochet devoloped a highly personalized rule. The price Chile has paid for Pinochet's war against the left is measured in lives, liberties, and the rupture of Chile's democratic traditions. Hundreds...
- Life goes on under Pinochet's yoke. (Augusto Pinochet in Chile)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Ungar, Sanford J. November 30, 1987 700+ words
...in walked Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile's military dictator for...scenes in Vina are symbolic of Chile's political life today. Pinochet is not popular, but neither...longest democracy Before Pinochet, Chile had 150 years of almost uninterrupted...
- Politics after Pinochet: Chile and election 2005.(International Politics)
- Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections Panagopoulos, Costas Villalpando, Raquel July 1, 2004 700+ words
...controversy throughout Chile and the international community. Pinochet approved--and then lost...presidential election, Pinochet's detention in London...rights violations polarized Chile. Many Pinochet supporters urged Lavin...
- The politics of Pinochet.(Chile's political right tries to use General Augusto...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) December 19, 1998 700+ words
SANTIAGO Chile's right hopes the Pinochet affair will split...these are what concern Chile's voters. Not so...of General Augusto Pinochet. The ex-dictator...right. For now, the Pinochet affair has united Chile's right-wing parties...
- CHILE TO TAKE PINOCHET CASE TO HAGUE.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) September 16, 1999 700+ words
...fate of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile yesterday said it will...has jurisdiction to try Pinochet. Chile argues that no foreign...extradition proceedings against Pinochet run their course...want, to cooperate with Chile,'' Valdes charged...
