| − | General and President '''Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte''' (b. [[Valparaíso]], on November 25, 1915–d. [[Santiago]], on December 10, 2006) was a [[Chile]]an [[general]] who became Chile's head of state (or leader) from 1973 to 1990 ([[President of Chile|President]] from 1974 to 1990). He came to power as a member of a council of military leaders after the overthrow of the [[communism|communist]] government of President [[Salvador Allende]]. Pinochet restores the [[free market]], traditional western values, and prosperity to Chile after [[tyranny]] under communism. [[Leftist]]s hated Pinochet for his [[conservative]] policies, to the point of wrongly imprisoning him in [[England]] on political charges long after Pinochet had relinquished power. He was ultimately released. | + | General and President '''Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte''' (b. [[Valparaíso]], on November 25, 1915–d. [[Santiago]], on December 10, 2006) was a [[Chile]]an [[general]] who became Chile's head of state (or leader) from September 11, 1973 to 1990 ([[President of Chile|President]] from 1974 to 1990). He came to power as a member of a council of military leaders after the overthrow of the [[communism|communist]] government of President [[Salvador Allende]]. Pinochet restores the [[free market]], traditional western values, and prosperity to Chile after [[tyranny]] under communism. [[Leftist]]s hated Pinochet for his [[conservative]] policies, to the point of wrongly imprisoning him in [[England]] on political charges long after Pinochet had relinquished power. He was ultimately released. |
| | A polling expert, Marta Lagos, observed in 2023 while thousands of migrants seek the prosperity and freedom in [[Chile]] rather than its [[Marxist]] [[South America]]n neighbors: | | A polling expert, Marta Lagos, observed in 2023 while thousands of migrants seek the prosperity and freedom in [[Chile]] rather than its [[Marxist]] [[South America]]n neighbors: |