Dictator Pinochet looms large over Chile 50 years after coup
A survey conducted by Cerc-Mori in May found that 36 percent of people believe the general "liberated Chile from Marxism," the highest figure measured in 28 years of polling -- a tie with 2000.
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(FILES) Picture of Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet taken on September 11, 1997. /AFPp
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Augusto Pinochet used military force to overthrow a popularly elected president and rule Chile with an iron grip that saw thousands of his subjects tortured and killed.
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