Augusto Pinochet

General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte{{an|Name}} (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He came to power in a violent coup that deposed Salvador Allende, a Marxist physician who had become the first Socialist to be elected President of Chile. The coup ended a period of strained relations between the United States?which had actively sought Allende's removal?and the South American country, and allowed Pinochet to implement profound neoliberal economic reforms and, at the same time, to commit extensive human rights violations, both at home and abroad.

External links

• Pinochet's Chile (Washington Post)
• Timeline of Pinochet Prosecution (Amnesty International)
• Augusto Pinochet Ugarte Foundation (In Spanish)
• Pinochet Real ? For Supporters of General Pinochet (In Spanish)
• "The crimes of Augusto Pinochet" (several case studies)
• BBC coverage (special report)
• Article: "Doubts Remain over Pinochet's Fate: Chile's 'antiquated penal code' could be his undoing"
• Reconcile Chile
• Fidel, Pinochet & Me by David Horowitz
• Article: "Persistent Persecution of Pinochet" (The New American)
• Valech report on political imprisonment and torture, November 2004 (in Spanish)
• BBC News report: "Banks accused over Pinochet cash"
• Amnesty International
• Remember Chile Inside
• Remember Chile Begins
• George Washington University article
• Pinochet and Me by Allende's US translator Marc Cooper, ISBN:1859843603