Augusto Pinochet Quotes


My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.


Citations

Kandell, Jonathan. "Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91." The New York Times, 11 Dec. 2006.

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Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
  • Born: November 25, 1915
  • Died: December 10, 2006
  • Nationality: Chilean
  • Profession: Military

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean Army General, politician and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being self-declared President of the Republic by the junta in 1974 and becoming the de facto dictator of Chile, and after from 1981 to 1990 as de jure President after a new Constitution, which confirmed him in the office, was approved by a referendum in 1980.