As time flies by, things change, things we can control and thing we can't; for the things we can change is due to the change of the human needs. However the things we put into place may look like it's needed. But the question is it for better or worse? In 1973 Chile was overflowing with economic, social, and political problems. In response, they replace the democratic elected president Salvador Allende with General Augusto Pinochet. During his ruling he changed many aspects of the Chilean society. However, before acknowledging whether Pinochet was able to stop the flood of problems Chile faced, it is necessary to find out who or what caused the problems in the first place. So one must look at former president Allende’s democratic approach,
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Policies such as expansion of Government programmed and services, state control over primary industries, and an extension of land reform (Pinochet, p35). Initially it seem that Allende’s mission to have a socialist society was having positive outcomes. Unemployment declined and employment in areas such as construction public utilities and manufacturing and service is slightly increased. However in 1971 dissatisfaction grew, teaching good things don't last forever in a greedy society. Upper and middle classes felt that the Government economic policies were now affecting them due to the reform that froze prices of basic goods and services, but raising wages for those who provided the labor. This resulted in a shortage of goods and inflation to increase. Salvador Allende nationalized most natural resources, which cause the economy to plummet. Now in Allende’s third year of presidency, the economy was becoming increasingly unstable, and problematic causing Government official’s attitudes to harden and fed up. Enough people saw communism as a threat to the economy, this lead the people to vote in Pinochet transitioning from socialism to a military Government. Through his military power he seized the dictatorship because he was the leader. The social fact of socialism was no longer working and in result, a resolution system was put into …show more content…
Bankruptcies tripled and the prices of copper fell below its value. Also unemployment increased by 30%. (The Case of Pinochet) however political stability improved greatly with the constitutional reforms introduced; so good it led back a democracy. Economically Chile was changed from an isolated economy in relation to the rest of the world, into a classical liberalized economy where fluctuations were controlled by the market itself. Pinochet’s goal of ‘Fighting Communism’ allowed him to become allies with other dictatorship countries; Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay (Pinochet, p.164). Pinochet’s mission was a protected democracy with very limited participation population. These reforms were arguably necessary but was it necessary to be this bloody. Eventually, democracy erased dictatorship. In 1988, Pinochet was denied another term in. He was in office for one more year until the next election. Pinochet lost to the opposition. Pinochet stepped down in 1990, but kept his position commander-in-chief in military operations. After Pinochet’s reign, Chile was faced with the daunting task of reinventing itself politically in order to create stability.(Pinochet, p.158 ) Chile transformed itself from military rule to a democratic
Policies such as expansion of Government programmed and services, state control over primary industries, and an extension of land reform (Pinochet, p35). Initially it seem that Allende’s mission to have a socialist society was having positive outcomes. Unemployment declined and employment in areas such as construction public utilities and manufacturing and service is slightly increased. However in 1971 dissatisfaction grew, teaching good things don't last forever in a greedy society. Upper and middle classes felt that the Government economic policies were now affecting them due to the reform that froze prices of basic goods and services, but raising wages for those who provided the labor. This resulted in a shortage of goods and inflation to increase. Salvador Allende nationalized most natural resources, which cause the economy to plummet. Now in Allende’s third year of presidency, the economy was becoming increasingly unstable, and problematic causing Government official’s attitudes to harden and fed up. Enough people saw communism as a threat to the economy, this lead the people to vote in Pinochet transitioning from socialism to a military Government. Through his military power he seized the dictatorship because he was the leader. The social fact of socialism was no longer working and in result, a resolution system was put into …show more content…
Bankruptcies tripled and the prices of copper fell below its value. Also unemployment increased by 30%. (The Case of Pinochet) however political stability improved greatly with the constitutional reforms introduced; so good it led back a democracy. Economically Chile was changed from an isolated economy in relation to the rest of the world, into a classical liberalized economy where fluctuations were controlled by the market itself. Pinochet’s goal of ‘Fighting Communism’ allowed him to become allies with other dictatorship countries; Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay (Pinochet, p.164). Pinochet’s mission was a protected democracy with very limited participation population. These reforms were arguably necessary but was it necessary to be this bloody. Eventually, democracy erased dictatorship. In 1988, Pinochet was denied another term in. He was in office for one more year until the next election. Pinochet lost to the opposition. Pinochet stepped down in 1990, but kept his position commander-in-chief in military operations. After Pinochet’s reign, Chile was faced with the daunting task of reinventing itself politically in order to create stability.(Pinochet, p.158 ) Chile transformed itself from military rule to a democratic