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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eva Vergara and Daniel Politi

A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondly

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The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism.

But as Chile marks the 50th anniversary next Monday of the coup that brought Pinochet to power for almost 17 years, many in the country don’t see it as a dark day. Amid a weak economy and a surge in violent crime, recent polls show that many Chileans don't think human rights are as much of a priority.

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