pinochet ugarte, augusto

Examines the genocide and persecution of the Chilean people.

Provides the story of Operation Condor, a multi-national terrorist organization encouraged by the CIA and led by Chilean president General Augusto Pinochet that reportedly killed 30,000 of its enemies in South America.

Chronicles twenty years of American policy and operations in Chile from 1970 to 1990, recounting Washington's role in the consolidation of General Augusto Pinochet's regime, as well as U.S. knowledge of his gross violations of human rights and acts of international terrorism.

Interviews, eyewitness accounts, and political sources help chronicle the personal life, rise to power, arrest, and imprisonment of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, the first former head of state to be arrested on charges of crimes against humanity.

An account of the polarization of Chilean society under Augusto Pinochet and of Chile's return to democratic government.

Presents an examination of the regime of Argentine dictator General Augusto Pinochet, and includes discussion of his murderous seventeen year reign, the global effort to bring him to justice, and his dramatic arrest in London in October 1998. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.

Discusses the nation of Chile as ruled by Augusto Pinochet, who staged a military coup d'?tat in 1973.

Describes the oppression that has grown since the overthrow of President Allende in 1973, and that threatens to continue under a new constitution.