Augusto Pinochet: The Great Betrayal

Imagine, for a moment, that you were given the opportunity to become the most powerful person in your country. To get there, all you need to do is betray the very man who made you who you are. Would you demure, step back, say “thanks, but no thanks”? Or would you grab that opportunity with both hands? Nearly half a century ago, one man in Chile made the decision to betray everything for his own glory. His name was Augusto Pinochet.

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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Source/Further reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/200...
(the rightwing view): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-o...
Early years: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-...
The coup: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
Caravan of death: https://www.chiletoday.cl/45-years-th...
The Chicago Boys: https://slate.com/business/2016/01/in...
Inequality in Chile: https://www.borgenmagazine.com/econom...
1988 referendum: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-...
Operation Condor: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/0...
CIA involvement in Chile: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-fo...
Numbers of killed and tortured: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-...
2018 convictions: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/0...
Villa Grimaldi and torture: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/new...