http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/pinochet Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:21:56 -0400 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:21:56 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/695/pressing-disengagement-chiles-transition-to-democracy-after-augusto-pinochets-1973-military-coup By Alexander E. Hopkins - Although he left office in March 1990, dictator Augusto Pinochet effectively held absolute power in Chile from 1973-1988. His September 1973 military coup proved that a charismatic individual could set the goals of the state by using hard power to affect national politics. While Chilean citizens did not want to support Pinochet, the military regime proved that open dissent was a fatal option. In 1987, due to international humanitarian pressure, Pinochet legalized outside non-Marxist political parties to add legitimacy to his regime. While Pinochet controlled the media, propagandizing capitalist... Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:21 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/695/pressing-disengagement-chiles-transition-to-democracy-after-augusto-pinochets-1973-military-coup http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/38/human-rights-in-chile-remembrance-and-reckoning By Ruth E. Dominguez - This has been especially true because of the nature of dictatorships, where opposition is repeatedly silenced and repressed; international organization of secrecy and covert action; security policies of cold war politics; and the societal traumatization that has undoubtedly influenced many to remain silent and/or anonymous. Most recently, when there was public pressure to prosecute Pinochet in Chile in 2001, the military itself made a “contribution to national reconciliation” and issued a list of 180 victims of the coup, whose bodies had been dumped into the sea. (http://www.remember... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:07 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/38/human-rights-in-chile-remembrance-and-reckoning http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1147/what-do-we-do-with-pinochet By Isaac Bigio - The Spanish super-judge Baltazar Garzón managed to receive the support of his own National Court in his claim to extradite the Chilean ex-dictator. He is accused for crimes against humanity: for violently overthrew a democratically elected government, violating the Chilean constitution and producing the death of the constitutional President; for killing at least 3,000 people; for tortured, kidnapped or detained tens of thousands; for allowing animals and torturers to rape women; for building an international terrorist Cóndor command; for murdering Chilean personalities... Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1147/what-do-we-do-with-pinochet