Augusto Pinochet's Rule

Latin American Research Review, 2008

Sigan sabiendo ustedes, que mucho más temprano que tarde, se abrirán las grandes alamedas por donde pase el hombre libre, para construir una sociedad mejor. . . . Tengo la certeza de que, por lo menos, habrá una sanción moral que castigará la felonía, la cobardía y la traición.

EIAL, 2022

For the past forty-two years Chile has been governed according to the infamous 1980 Constitution. Bequeathed to the country by its military dictator Augusto Pinochet, this text was originally designed to sustain an infinite de facto dictatorship in Chile. While this did not happen, and despite having been repeatedly amended since 1989, the 1980 Constitution is still considered an illegitimate text by most Chileans, as the 2020 Chilean national plebiscite has illustrated. The introduction provides a genealogy of the 1980 Constitution, explains the right-wing ideology underpinning it, and explores the scholarly debates over its supposed merits and the feasibility of its replacement with a new constitution.

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, 2009

Following General Augusto Pinochet's 1973 accession to power in a bloody military coup, a movement in opposition to the dictatorship gained momentum over the next 15 years despite assassinations, torture, and the" disappearance" of over 3,000 political opponents and officials of the previous democratic government. In order to legitimize his regime, Pinochet staged a plebiscite in 1980 that created a new constitution and consolidated power in the presidency but also mandated another plebiscite in 1988 to reconfirm his tenure in office.

Journal of Conflict Studies, 1992

2006

Remembering Pinochet's Chile, the first book in a trilogy that studies how Chileans have struggled to define both individual and collective memories of political violence that occurred under the Pinochet regime (1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990), is a valuable addition to a burgeoning literature on Chile's dictatorial and post-dictatorial periods. Historian Steve Stern, acknowledging the contributions of numerous social scientists who, since the 1980s, have paved the way for our current understanding of Latin America's authoritarian regimes and

My thesis will examine how Chileans of different social, ethnic, and political backgrounds remember the Pinochet dictatorship of 1973 to 1990 and how the events and memories of that time period are contested. My paper will also examine secondary memories by looking at how Chileans who were not alive during the Pinochet regime remember the dictatorship. In order to gain a thorough understanding of how Chileans remember the Pinochet regime and how Chile should move towards reconciliation I conducted extensive interviews with a variety of Chileans about these topics and also visited numerous memorial sights within Chile.

California Western International Law Journal, 2014

, with a little over 30 percent of the vote; therefore, the Senate, according to the Chilean Constitution, was called to decide who the Chilean President would be between the two candidates that had obtained the highest majorities. The Senate then elected Dr. Salvador Allende to be President of Chile from 1970 to 1976, but he only ruled in that position until September 11, 1973, when a violent military coup d'6tat withdrew him from office. A. What had the Political, Economic, and Social Situation been after Allende's Election? * The Hon. Juan Guzmin Tapia (Ret.) is a former Chilean judge who gained international recognition for being the first to prosecute Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges. Judge Guzmin was the esteemed guest speaker at the 2014 California Western School of Law's S. Houston Lay Lecture. This essay is a summation of his presentation and is based on Judge Guzmin's own experiences, perceptions, and knowledge of historical events.

Deleted Journal, 2023

For the past forty-two years Chile has been governed according to the infamous 1980 Constitution. Bequeathed to the country by its military dictator Augusto Pinochet, this text was originally designed to sustain an infinite de facto dictatorship in Chile. While this did not happen, and despite having been repeatedly amended since 1989, the 1980 Constitution is still considered an illegitimate text by most Chileans, as the 2020 Chilean national plebiscite has illustrated. The introduction provides a genealogy of the 1980 Constitution, explains the right-wing ideology underpinning it, and explores the scholarly debates over its supposed merits and the feasibility of its replacement with a new constitution.