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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 March 11, 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 restored 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 March 11, 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 restored 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://librospinochetistas.blogspot.com/2022/12/europa-vs-pinochet-indebido-proceso.html|title=Europa vs. Pinochet, Indebido Proceso|author=[[Hermógenes Pérez de Arce]]|date=1998|language=es}}</ref>

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: