Under Augusto Pinochet, Chile gained a reputation in the 1970s and 1980s for?

1 Answer
Aug 28, 2016

It became a brutal dictatorship.

Explanation:

Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende in an American backed coup in 1973.
Both the coup itself and the subsequent style of government was symbolised by violent and brutal suppression of any form of political opposition.

Thousands were tortured and killed. Allende himself was killed in the coup. The national stadium in Santiago was used to house and torture political prisoners during and after the coup. As a result the Soviet Union refused to play a World Cup match there.

Pinochet clandestinely gave logistical support to the UK government during the Falklands conflict.