How Did General Pinnochet Take An Army President?
Azocar as president. Due to the 1980 constitution, however, Pinochet was able remain as army commander for eight years.
2.2. Consolidation of power & attitude towards opposition
General Pinochet utilized many horrible and brutal systems for guaranteeing his long term control over Chile.
Firstly, Pinochet understood that for him to achieve what he wanted, he would need to change the way the Chilean government worked. He did this by remocing every single political partie, which disposed of the shot of any other individual coming into any sort of power
He likewise guaranteed that supporters were designated into key posts and expanded their pay and social advantages. This diminished the likelihood that they may differ with him ideologically …show more content…
The control box gave the torturers the option of conforming the voltage given to the detainee. The nude detainee was streched and strapped onto a metal bedframe, or an arrangement of bedsprings, and secured. He or she was then compelled to edndure electrical stuns on a few places on the body, particularly on delicate areas like the testicles and on open injuries. The Valech Report(footnote) incorporates an affirmation of a Chilean man who was investigated by jail captors. They removed his clothes and “attached electrodes to his chest and testicles.” Something was then placed in his mouth so that he would “bite his tongue while they shocked …show more content…
This caused an electric current to pass through the victim's body, with a strength inversely proportional to the distance between the two electrodes. A smaller distance between the electrodes led to a stronger current and because of that more intense pain for the prisoner. A very barbaric version of the "grill" was the use of a metal bunk bed; the victim was placed on the bottom bunk and on the top bunk, a relative or friend was simultaneously tortured.”
2.2. Consolidation of power & attitude towards opposition
General Pinochet utilized many horrible and brutal systems for guaranteeing his long term control over Chile.
Firstly, Pinochet understood that for him to achieve what he wanted, he would need to change the way the Chilean government worked. He did this by remocing every single political partie, which disposed of the shot of any other individual coming into any sort of power
He likewise guaranteed that supporters were designated into key posts and expanded their pay and social advantages. This diminished the likelihood that they may differ with him ideologically …show more content…
The control box gave the torturers the option of conforming the voltage given to the detainee. The nude detainee was streched and strapped onto a metal bedframe, or an arrangement of bedsprings, and secured. He or she was then compelled to edndure electrical stuns on a few places on the body, particularly on delicate areas like the testicles and on open injuries. The Valech Report(footnote) incorporates an affirmation of a Chilean man who was investigated by jail captors. They removed his clothes and “attached electrodes to his chest and testicles.” Something was then placed in his mouth so that he would “bite his tongue while they shocked …show more content…
This caused an electric current to pass through the victim's body, with a strength inversely proportional to the distance between the two electrodes. A smaller distance between the electrodes led to a stronger current and because of that more intense pain for the prisoner. A very barbaric version of the "grill" was the use of a metal bunk bed; the victim was placed on the bottom bunk and on the top bunk, a relative or friend was simultaneously tortured.”