Question

Part C

Answer 1

Answer:

Augusto Pinochet was a Chilean dictator, who held the de facto presidency of Chile between 1973 and 1990, through the imposition of a military regime that greatly limited the civil liberties of its citizens, carrying out an internal dirty war and a political persecution of leftist political parties. In economic matters, his government carried out liberal measures, seeking to ally himself with the Western Bloc in the framework of the Cold War.

Today, the majority of Chilean society considers that their government was bad, because of the constant human rights abuses committed in the country, where political opponents of their regime were tortured, kidnapped and murdered.

However, parts of the right in Chile still have a positive view of Pinochet. They recognize him for having contributed to economic development. Since the right did not like the development of Chile in the socialist leadership under Allende, the right also recognizes him for having interrupted this development.

Some political analysts believe that the Pinochet regime can be described as fascist, while others believe that Pinochet's liberal economic policies mean that the regime cannot be defined as fascist.