When Allende the Marxist scumbag got elected, they began seizing property. Socialization of the means of production spread rapidly and widely. The government took over virtually all the great estates. It turned the lands over to resident workers. By 1972 food production had fallen and food imports had risen.
Also during 1971-72, the government dusted off emergency legislation from the 1932 Socialist Republic to allow it to expropriate industries without congressional approval. It turned many factories over to management by the workers and the state.
The country began to quickly go to hell in a handbasket as all Socialist experiments soon do.
Allende tried to stabilize the situation by organizing a succession of cabinets, but none of them guaranteed order. His appointment of military officers to cabinet posts in 1972 and 1973 also failed to stifle the opposition. Instead, it helped politicize the armed services. Outside the government, Allende's supporters continued direct takeovers of land and businesses, further disrupting the economy and frightening the propertied class.
He began to prepare for a military takeover.
Pinochet said, "BASTA!" (Enough!)
He had a pair and put them to use to rout the Socialists with relatively little loss of life.
Vaya con Dios Señor Pinochet! Libertador de la gente de Chile!
It's beyond belief the ignorance on this thread. Thanks for shining the light of truth.
Hey, Mussolini made the trains run on time and Hitler eliminated the communists from Germany. Are you going to offer Sainthood to those folks as well?