General Pinochet

On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, took control of Chile for ruled for nearly two decades and is known as a brutal dictator. He first assumed control of the country after leading a rebellion against the leader at the time, Prseident Slvador Allende, who actually gave Pinochet a leading position withing the military. Due to the way Pinochet overtook control of the country, the public protested vehemently against him and he reacted by repressing the people of Chile. Throughout his political and military career he survives an assasination attempt, commits tax evasion, is accused of many human rights violations, creating laws so that he can hstay in office longer, and gives up his Presidency after losing to a Christian-Democrat leader in 1989. He is an incredibly interesting person! On December 10, 2006, Pinochet died from an earlier heart-attack. The following website has more information on his life and political career. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/augusto_pinochet/index.html?inline=nyt-per

I also found another article that involves Pinochet and the CIA. There were a lot of attempts by the agency to try and change the situation in Chile and the link I have posted shares all of that. http://students/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/09/19/us.cia.chile.ap/