Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet was the Chilean general who led the September 1973 coup against Salvador Allende and ruled Chile as a military dictator until 1990. His regime was responsible for the killing and disappearance of some 3,000 people, the torture of tens of thousands, and the exile of hundreds of thousands more. His economic policies, implemented by the 'Chicago Boys' (economists trained at the University of Chicago), were among the earliest applications of neoliberal free-market economics in Latin America. He was arrested in London in 1998 on a Spanish warrant for crimes against humanity but died in 2006 under house arrest in Chile before facing trial.
- Lived: 1915 CE – 2006 CE
- Nationality: Chilean
- Roles: military_leader, head_of_state, dictator
