Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general, politician and dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He seized power in a U.S. -backed coup d’état that toppled Allende’s democratically elected Unidad Popular government and ended civilian rule. Pinochet persecuted leftists, socialists, and political critics, resulting in the executions of from...