Augusto Pinochet Research Paper

Augusto Pinochet was the general of the Chilean army who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He was born in 1915 in a Chilean city called Valparaiso. He became the leader of Chile after he eliminated Salvador Allende who was a socialist president.
Pinochet joined the Chilean army at the age of 20(1935). He was a military officer but rose through the ranks and was then appointed as Commander in Chief by President Salvador Allende in 1973. After a month of being appointed as Commander, Pinochet led the military coup overthrowing Allende and his government as well as the presidential palace, which was attacked by air assaults. Pinochet’s premeditated plan against Allende was supported by the US government, since they disliked Allende due to his support to the Soviet Union. –In September 11, 1973, the military of the conservative party of Chile, with help of USA, overthrew Salvador Allende. Armed forces put the country under military control and faced little and unorganized civil resistance. Chilean
For he established himself as the leader of Chile and became the head of a military junta and soon after, he became the president of Chile