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{{Quote|This is Santiago, the capital of Chile. In 1973 the national stadium was turned into a concentration camp as a military coup backed by the United States overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. The leader of the coup was a | {{Quote|This is Santiago, the capital of Chile. In 1973 the national stadium was turned into a concentration camp as a military coup backed by the United States overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. The leader of the coup was a fascist. General Augusto Pinochet who rounded up Allende's supporters and brought them here.|Introduction to a documentary about Augusto Pinochet}} | ||
'''Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte''' (Valparaiso, Nov. 25, 1915 - Santiago, Chile, December 10, 2006) was a Chilean military dictator headed prevailing in that country between 1973 and 1990. | '''Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte''' (Valparaiso, Nov. 25, 1915 - Santiago, Chile, December 10, 2006) was a Chilean military dictator headed prevailing in that country between 1973 and 1990. | ||
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However, his supporters consider him a "hero" would have saved the country from the establishment of a communist regime in the hands of Salvador Allende and supported by the Cuban dictatorship and the Soviet Union and a possible civil war. | However, his supporters consider him a "hero" would have saved the country from the establishment of a communist regime in the hands of Salvador Allende and supported by the Cuban dictatorship and the Soviet Union and a possible civil war. | ||
==Crimes[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet?action=edit§ion=1 Edit]== | ==Crimes[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet?action=edit§ion=1 Edit]== | ||
By the time of his death on 10 December 2006, about 300 criminal charges were still pending against him in Chile for numerous human rights violations, tax evasion and embezzlement during his 17-year rule and afterwards. Pinochet was accused of having corruptly amassed a wealth of US $28 million or more. | By the time of his death on 10 December 2006, about 300 criminal charges were still pending against him in Chile for numerous human rights violations, tax evasion and embezzlement during his 17-year rule and afterwards. Pinochet was accused of having corruptly amassed a wealth of US $28 million or more. |