Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, was dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 1973 to 1998. He was also president of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981...
NationalityChilean
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth25 November 1915
CountryChile
against fighting
We are fighting against a system, but we're doing OK.
contact officials
more personal, high-level contact between Riggs officials and Pinochet than previously described.
pardon suffer
I regret and suffer those losses, but it's God's will. He will pardon me if I committed excesses, but I don't think I did.
I'm not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face.
faults groups brutality
He could have a thousand faults, but I do not blame anyone in particular and I despise brutality with which the Nazis acted against Israelites; but the fault is not only of Hitler, but a group of high-ranked dignitaries.
poor
I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.
real dictator
I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.
political prison exile
We have no political prisons. We have political internal exiles.
faces dictator sour
My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.
president boards executive-power
Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.
military people political
The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces. Their clear intention was to deprive the people of their democratic freedoms. As history shows, this is what had happened in the Soviet Union and in Cuba, and continues to be the case in other parts of the world.
thank-you heart years
During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.
library condemnation filled
My library is filled with UN condemnations.
men law dictator
I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.