Hesseldahl pinochet biography

General Augusto Pinochet led Chile's armed forces in a dramatic coup against Salvador Allende's democratically elected Marxist government. The violence of the uprising and the oppression that followed shook the world.

In September 1973, thousands of so-called subversives were rounded up in Santiago's national football stadium.

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Some of them were executed.

General Pinochet emerged from behind his dark glasses to lead the country. Before long, parliament was suspended and elections were banned.

As political opposition was crushed, riots, arrests and torture became commonplace.

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Thousands of people disappeared. Throughout, General Pinochet claimed he was saving Chile from communism.

Military coup

Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was born in 1915, the eldest of six children. Following a military education, he joined the army at 18.

Pinochet assumed power in 1973

By 1969 he was its chief of staff, and in 1973 was made a general and became commander-in-chief of Chi