Salvador August Pinochet Research Paper

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Around the history of world there have been several unfair men that they have damaged our people. Latin America has not been the exception, in Chile, September 1973 the president Salvador Allende is ousted by his army commander in chief, who was appointed only 18 days before the coup. August Pinochet it was his name, who after the coup began to rule his regime.
August Pinochet helped by a US-backed planned and led the military junta that overthrew the socialist government of Pres. Salvador Allende so in 1974 he assumed the total power like dictator. He brought back the free – market, because he changed the economic politics of Chile, so that the country became to have a best performing economic of Latin American.
His ruthless way of government

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