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{{Villain_Infobox|Image = Augusto-pinochet-64e8c543-f3a3-4880-9ac9-48b2b64aff2-resize-750.jpeg | {{Villain_Infobox|Image = Augusto-pinochet-64e8c543-f3a3-4880-9ac9-48b2b64aff2-resize-750.jpeg | ||
|fullname = Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte | |fullname = Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte | ||
|alias = Mi General | |alias = Mi General<br>Pinocho<br>El Tata<br>El Burro | ||
Pinocho<br> | |||
El Tata | |||
El Burro | |||
|origin = Valparaíso, Chile | |origin = Valparaíso, Chile | ||
|occupation = President of Chile (1973 - 1990)<br>Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army (1973 - 1998) | |occupation = President of Chile (1973 - 1990)<br>Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army (1973 - 1998) | ||
|skills = Charisma<br>Leadership<br>Manipulation<br>Intimidation<br>High intelligence<br>Military training<br>Brute strength<br>Speed<br>Fighting skills | |skills = Charisma<br>Leadership<br>Manipulation<br>Intimidation<br>High intelligence<br>Military training<br>Brute strength<br>Speed<br>Fighting skills | ||
|hobby = Brutally [[torture|torturing]] opponents | |hobby = Brutally [[torture|torturing]] opponents<br>Indulging in his power | ||
|goals = Overthrow the government of Salvador Allende (succeeded)<br>Brutally torture and [[murder]] people and groups he disliked (succeeded) | |goals = Overthrow the government of Salvador Allende (succeeded)<br>Brutally torture and [[murder]] people and groups he disliked (succeeded) | ||
|crimes = | |crimes = Abuse of power<br>Mass internment<br>Forced disappearances<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Oppression<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Human rights violations<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>Embezzlement<br>Mutilation<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]] | ||
|type of villain = Sadistic Tyrant | |type of villain = Sadistic Tyrant | ||
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Quite often the methods of death were particularly brutal as well; some victims were tied to railway tracks, others were loaded into helicopters and pushed out into the icy depths of the Pacific Ocean, others were sent to death camps in the Atacama desert. Others were blown to pieces with dynamite or loaded into planes and forced out into the Andes, higher than anyone ever went. | Quite often the methods of death were particularly brutal as well; some victims were tied to railway tracks, others were loaded into helicopters and pushed out into the icy depths of the Pacific Ocean, others were sent to death camps in the Atacama desert. Others were blown to pieces with dynamite or loaded into planes and forced out into the Andes, higher than anyone ever went. | ||
Fearing that his puppet officials outsides the cities, in the towns may not be implementing his policy's Pinochet organised the | Fearing that his puppet officials outsides the cities, in the towns may not be implementing his policy's Pinochet organised the Caravan of Death, an elite [[death squad]] that went from town to town with orders to exterminate any leftists (or anyone who was perceived to have communist or leftist sympathies) who avoided the camp. Armed with machine guns, knives and grenades they would enter round up any of Pinochet's opponents and execute them. Though only active for twenty-two days, they killed almost 100 people, up and down the 2,485-mile spine of Chile. | ||
Pinochet also arranged a terrorist bombing in Washington DC, that killed rising star Orlando Letelier, a former minister in the previous government and Pinochet's greatest critic. The attack also killed 25-year-old United States citizen Ronni Moffitt, who was in the car with Orlando when the bomb his forcing placed underneath it, went off. | Pinochet also arranged a terrorist bombing in Washington DC, that killed rising star Orlando Letelier, a former minister in the previous government and Pinochet's greatest critic. The attack also killed 25-year-old United States citizen Ronni Moffitt, who was in the car with Orlando when the bomb his forcing placed underneath it, went off. | ||
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==Death and Legacy== | ==Death and Legacy== | ||
Pinochet suffered a heart attack on December 3, 2006, and was given the last rites. He died from complications a week later on December 10, at the age of 91. He was never convicted on any charges brought to him, and by the time of his death, about 300 criminal charges were still pressed against him. | Pinochet suffered a heart attack on December 3, 2006, and was given the last rites. He died from complications a week later on December 10, at the age of 91. He was never convicted on any charges brought to him, and by the time of his death, about 300 criminal charges were still pressed against him. | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* Pinochet harbored Nazis during his rule. | |||
* Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the UK, was a supporter of Pinochet. | |||
* Pinochet was of French descent. | |||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||