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Pinochet Ugarte

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[pee-naw-chet oo-gahr-te] / ˌpi nɔˈtʃɛt uˈgɑr tɛ /

noun

  1. Augusto 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.


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Until recently such an open challenge to the stern regime of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte would have been unthinkable.

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As the troops began to assemble outside the palace, General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, commander in chief of the army, telephoned an ultimatum to the palace.

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Samaritanism is not in the regular line of duty at Treasury, but the U.S. is willing to try unorthodox tactics these days to pressure General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte into loosening up his regime.

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During the Allende years he worked for the right-wing Patria y Libertad group, and after the 1973 coup headed by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, joined the new regime's military police.

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In the first presidential election since the bloody 1973 coup that ousted Marxist Salvador Allende Gossens and brought General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte to power, voters elected Patricio Aylwin, 71, a Christian Democrat.

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