Pinochet - How the West Backed a Ruthless Dictatorship in Chile | Free Documentary History

Pinochet - How the West Backed a Ruthless Dictatorship in Chile | History Documentary
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The dictator took power - and kept it - with the support of democracies including the United Kingdom and the United States, through the use of terror & sadistic torture. The West chose to look the other way.
This documentary will reveal the shocking depth of that support, using archive footage, expert analysis & personal accounts of torture, and declassified government files to tell the story of Pinochet’s uprising,the brutal regime he led, and the Western allies who enabled it all.
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[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

A dictator took power - and kept it - with the support of democracies including the United Kingdom and the United States, through the use of terror & torture. The West chose to look the other way because they had an investment to protect. This documentary uncovers the extent of Western support, using archive footage, expert analysis & personal accounts of torture, and declassified government files to tell the story of Pinochet's uprising, the brutal regime he led, and the Western allies who enabled it all.

[@notavailable4596]

The West didn't turn a blind eye. Who do you think taught the Chileans about things like black sites?

[@lrmoralesr]

Córtenla con la mentirita esta. Aburre, llevo escuchándola más de 40 años. No me la trago.

[@TylerRoeGuitar]

The anti-American, pro-communist slant on this video is comical.

[@C77-C77]

@@TylerRoeGuitar Yep, too much of that trash these days. I recall seeing a guy with a shirt that said "Pinochet did nothing wrong" once. I had to go shake his hand.

[@hannah1943]

after saving the country from the communist he gave power back to the people. when will the Communists in Cuba give up power? was there he was a savior of his people

[@conradgaarder2789]

Chile did not go the way of Cuba, thanks to the Chilean military. End of story.

[@kungfuchimp5788]

The hagiographic rhetoric of this "documentary" regarding Allende's legacy is so juvenile and ham handed as to be laughable.

[@zillsburyy1]

brought to you by our friends at the CIA

[@hannah1943]

thank God

[@marcosjuarez7809]

No, blame Richard Nixon for appointing the late Dr. Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State.

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

​@@hannah1943"Thank God..." For what exactly? Murdering thousands of his citizenry? I can't begin to fathom what shattered view of humanity such a person would have that utters such words. Shame on you.

[@evaristmilian7826]

@@r.w.bottorff7735 Had the communist remained in power Chile would today be Venezuela on Steroids, without oil!,

[@lorenzo6mm]

You mean the KGB and Cuba and Fidel Castro. During the Cold war in Chile. See, "the World Peace Council" a KGB revolutionary arm of political operatives selling "Socialism" masquerading as Social Justice.

[@budmccaff550]

Chile had right wing Pinochet and thousands of communists and their allies died... Cambodia had marxist Pol Pot and millions died.

[@Vesta_the_Lesser]

Pol Pot wasn’t a communist, guy

[@budmccaff550]

@@Vesta_the_Lesser lol... In your world perhaps.

[@goodgood9955]

Well said. Bravo.

[@hannah1943]

Under two thousand in chile

[@trenttodd7765]

@@Vesta_the_Lesser lol "that wasn't real communism" stop being a meme

[@davidcross701]

Ruthless to Marxist, communist and Leftist.

[@robertoschuko2501]

Pinochet saved Chile from reds !

[@Ismail-fv6ki]

But he killed thousands of chileans, it's a war criminal, and it's the fault of all the economic problems of the Chile of today💀 brainwashed

[@9eleven1877]

Why deleting comments?

[@Grenadier311]

YT has been viciously managing the comments since Russia invaded Ukraine, and it was bad before then.

[@blitztim6416]

I have a Chilean friend who was in his army.

[@skogstjuven2098]

nice.

[@georgdiaz7450]

He was extreme right wing, not right wing.

[@samuelperez9816]

Pinochet was a hero to Chile, he made a miserable country become one of the most well developed in the region. One of the top two to be exact

[@grf15]

Superb! Much of this was news to me.

[@penedulumskateco7691]

Hero

[@willpower8894]

A good friend of Thatcher. 🤢

[@gailmcclellan6018]

Watch the film "Missing". Great film on this.

[@priscamolotsi]

Excellent documentary!

[@luistilli2328]

As an anti marxist I like Pinochet.

[@theodorreischmann6414]

Laydie my respect !

[@mahraz1]

The other 9/11...

[@SteveRolandCabra]

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[@cesarorellanaleiva9337]

Pinochet Hero 🇨🇱🙌🏻

[@luisfernandovelasquezcapch790]

Salvador Allende era el Jacobo Árbenz de los chilenos.

[@ameyakulkarni6493]

MAKE A VIDEO ON ALFREDO STROESSNER PARAGUYAN DICTATOR WHO RULED PARAGUAY MORE THAN 3 DECADE

[@mavssami41]

🚁

[@LeonardojavierMellaretamal]

❤❤❤❤

[@MrPickledede]

Allende was good friends of Fidel Castro....yep he would have been great for Chile just like Hugo Chavez another admirer of Castro was great for Venezuela

[@ysosirius2886]

Justin Trudeau is another follower of Castro and there are researchers who have traced Justin as Castro's illegitmate son

[@sparkythesecretsquirrel4013]

Hugo Chavez was great for Venezuela??????.

[@Wajze]

Sarcasm...​@@sparkythesecretsquirrel4013

[@vanessakhaled5741]

Communism good for child????!!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@Mast3rHand989]

He was speaking ironically I think..

[@AndinoKiwi]

"In the summer of 1973". Nope. This all happened in Chile. September was the end of winter, beginning of spring.

[@PaulTenorio71]

Reading Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and this documentary reiterates all the main points made in the book. The book provides the global effort by the west to intervene and create a new model for a free market states.

[@expandablebeltran]

The best president of the world.

[@genmontgomeree9888]

a bit hard to talk about a democratic mandate with 36 percent of the vote, a legal mandate is more accurate since Allende didn't break any laws to get into power. Allende is overrated and this is mostly due to him being overthrown by Pinochet. In the eyes of the left he's a martyr. I do want to state that I don't support Pinochet's repressions and the way he got into power, but his delegation of the economy to the Chicago Boys improved the welfare of the Chilean people.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

By creating a super rich elite and a majority of people who never have a decent life. Average income is deceiving.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

By creating a super rich elite and a majority of people who never have a decent life. Average income is deceiving.

[@genmontgomeree9888]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher no shit average income is deceiving, but compare it to other countries in Latin-America (also comparing over a period of time) and then it is clear that it is one of the best countries to live in. Besides in a capitalist economy you earn money based on the type of work and amount of work you do. Of course there'll be inequalities and differences in income yet everybody still prefers that when prices decrease over time and incomes rise. In Poland this is also the case and they are even more pro-capitalism on average than many Western-European countries. I don't know how rich this elite is you're talking about, but as long as they don't get exclusive rights and advantages through corruption of the state there isn't really a problem with them being rich.

[@Rainberna]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher Pinochet saved Chile from being the next Cuba in Latin America. Communism will never forgive Pinochet for stopping them in their attempt to take over Chile by force.

[@tekinfomedi]

Thanks for reminding that Western economic models and civic rights did not necessarily go hand-in-hand. 😊😊 Pinochet rule could be described as a form of AUTHORITARIAN capitalism. 😁😁 Allende became a martyr partly thanks to the DC boys for insisting capitalism and liberal democracy were one and the same. Allende was a reminder that political liberalism and economic liberalism were NOT one and the same. Allende might not have won big but according to the standards of the DC boys, he got the mandate. This became inconvenient for the DC boys.

[@I.AM.JUPITER]

Wasn’t the Netflix movie about him. Isn’t he a vampire? Somebody help me.

[@johnobrien6415]

No, he was a little puppet who wanted to become a real boy.

[@patriciabascunanerices4386]

Esa película del Vampiro la hicieron los comunistas y onunistas chilenos o mejor dicho antichilenos

[@hannah1943]

No he was a great hero who saved his country when the marx's dogs

[@johnobrien6415]

@@hannah1943 you need a complete sentence. Keep trying.

[@motow3031]

UK love child

[@KbB-kz9qp]

My wife is Chilean and the 1973 coup happened on her 10th birthday. According to her, on balance, Pinochet was a net gain. Of course Pinochet’s men went too far - fascists alway do - and killed 3,000. But other dictators have killed many move than Pinochet, and he did stop Chile from becoming Communist, from becoming another Cuba. Pinochet modernized the economy, and public works projects like the Metro and highways also helped. Pinochet rescued Chileans from Communism, and for that, they will never forgive him.

[@janemunoz1622]

your wife is deluded

[@hannah1943]

I was in chile and it was under two thousand marx's terrorist.

[@akampfer]

Our government did THAT more than once

[@marcosjuarez7809]

No, blame Richard Nixon for appointing the late Dr. Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State. Besides, both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils in Chile.

[@hannah1943]

Then i'm proud of my government

[@MarkWilliam-pl6qs]

Now the US are supporting Marxist governments and oppressing anyone who opposes them

[@lazzzZaruZ]

how do you loot a countries natural resources without being seen.? its the same country that comes as everybodys friend, a small country but very sharp as president DJT said. the most ruthless industrialist in the world. J.RR Tolkien covered it on lord of the rings.

[@s.s.p.9680]

Whom did he punish?

[@ARBBFamily]

The people will get no “ justice” And Pinochet + associates will receive no “penalty”… they won and their victims lost. Good people did not win. Time changed things as time always does.

[@evaristus4821]

I have read so many ignorant comments from people who support Pinochet. The bottom line is that when it was up to the Chilean people to vote, the gave a resounding "NO" to the tyrant. Had Pinochet and his right wing fascists just waited a few more months, it is likely that Salvador Allende would have lost the 1974 Presidential election to a conservative candidate.

[@Osobjj11]

Rotundo NO?! Jajaja y si era tan dictador porque entrego el poder?. Nadie lo ha hecho.

[@lilianabriceno4259]

@@Osobjj11because he has no choice

[@tekinfomedi]

Perhaps Captain America was worried that a conservative candidate would be too nationalist for Team DC?😊😊 An elected conservative candidate would probably have to retain some aspects of Allende's rule for the next 1-2 terms. 😁😁

[@Leon_Espada_Azul]

No, las elecciones habrían sido en 1976, y no en 1974. Chile no llegaba con vida a 1976. La situación era horrible. Los comunistas mataban gente en los campos y robaban los terrenos. Esta el caso de la señora Antonieta Machel la cual fue violada por 30 comunistas (está documentado!) y muere al tratar de escapar. Hay al menos 500 mujeres documentadas que fueron violadas por los guerrilleros comunistas. Que bueno que esas bestias fueron eliminadas. (Ahora dicen ser feministas y preocuparse por las mujeres). Grande Pinochet!

[@petebondurant58]

Allende would not have held that election if he thought that he would lose it.

[@toddmartino5398]

I hope the Cincinnati Reds have a good season this year What about you all?

[@petebondurant58]

Baseball makes cricket seem exciting.

[@nastybastardatlive]

They overthrow Reds in Chile.

[@gustavodelosreyes9210]

Allende had ruined the Chilean economy and had to be removed,in order to save the country. Pinochet was a tough but necessary solution and returned Chile as a successful economy. Why don't you condemn the socialist disasters of Allende?

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Or both Allende and Pinochet.

[@nightflight4191]

Nothing justifies murder , torture and disappearence. Especially not economic issues. What are your values. Money for murder? Think about it

[@evaristmilian7826]

@@marcosjuarez7809 Under Pinochet Chile's economy thrived.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@evaristmilian7826 But it paid a price because Augusto Pinochet was a ruthless authoritarian who easily oppressed dissidents. And besides, both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils in Chile as a matter of fact.

[@evaristmilian7826]

@@marcosjuarez7809 No cost is too great to save your country from communism! Simply look at the trail of death & misery left behind by Fidel Castro & Chavez...Never mind Mao & Stalin!

[@jettjones9889]

Pinochet saved that country, history is on his side.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

But both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils. History is on his side based on right-wing populists and pro-Putin stooges. Centrists and moderates are not kind enough to both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet. They are both the lesser of two evils.

[@semiramis47]

better Pinochet than a Communist takeover with it's usual ensuing bloodbath and economic death spiral.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

You should maybe rethink that statement after watching this. Also, the democratically elected predecessor Allende wasn’t a communist.

[@thesqueezyteam]

@semiramis47 is right

[@semiramis47]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory no need to rethink and your delusional if you don't think Allende was a Communist with his "Chilean Path to Socialism" agenda and the radical wing of his party snapping at his heels. He was elected with only 36% of the vote, not a ringing endorsement - the legacy of Pinochet is Chile is now one of a few Latin American success stories

[@nopenope460]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory Why tf is The Tribe shadow banning me on this comment, what is wrong about it? -If you were not a communist you were pretty much safe. He used the same brutality that the communists used against 100 million people worldwide and are still killing because communism is present in some countries and Marxism/socialism is rampant in the west, so it is also not far from the murders of ordinary people... Again.... It will never stop.

[@mavssami41]

​@@semiramis47 he did save that country

[@SilenTHerO78614]

Pinochetis a hero

[@pp-bb6jj]

Ruthless? You really need to choose words more carefully. Communist Soviet Union was ruthless.

[@patrice5976]

That maybe… this documentary is about socialism in Chili. Read a book or two before you comment publicly

[@tekinfomedi]

Thanks for summing up the situation as understood by Team DC at that time. To Team DC： Outside of the Western World, not being aligned to the West with some aspects of left-wing-ism = Soviet communism. This included India under Nehru and Indonesia under Sukarno. Some regimes had to be ended. In contrast, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were considered as "ALLIES". 😊😊

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Ruthlessness is STRICTLY an equal opportunity proposition. Fascists used it, Communists used it. The United States ( a so-called democracy) has used it for decades to overthrow those it opposes.

[@Deathmittens1]

Pinochet disappeared tens of thousands of people.... I can't imagine a better example of ruthlessness

[@evaristmilian7826]

@@Deathmittens1 A standard operating procedure of Communists like Castro, Chavez, Noriega....They just get better 'press'.

[@luissegovia8205]

Lo unico que le agradezco a Pinochet es haber estado en 1978 cuando se quisieron avivar los argentinos, si no hubiera estado pinochet allende se hubiera ido el 76 y lo mas probable es que el presidente hubiera sido aylwin ( el traidor y cobarde aylwin ) ..y lo mas probable es que argentina nos hubiera quitado todo el sur de chile

[@johnobrien6415]

Re: the guy interviewed that seems to think Pinochet did what he did to test out economic theories: maybe he did or maybe he didn't. Note that he was corrupt. I will say with conviction that dictators dictate so they can be corrupt. Idealists do not become dictators. It's about control and if there is a need for that much control it isn't about some ideal, it's about what the dictator can squeeze out of things for themselves. Normal, moral people do not become dictators. Corrupt individuals do. Freaks do.

[@jthemagicrobot3960]

I see yt is removing truthful comments again

[@hailchristandmary]

I like Pinochet

[@KingdomPrinncess]

Thanks to Pinochet, Chileans don't have communism in their country. Communism don't contribute to anything but rather destroy the country and their people.

[@TheWedabest]

NO need for communism when Pinochet does all the destruction!

[@Nick-fi1mc]

Democrats LOVE it though

[@coimbralaw]

@@Nick-fi1mcso then you love it

[@Nick-fi1mc]

@@coimbralaw no, I'm NORMAL! Socialism/communism is LOVED by leftists and Democrats! Looks like someone is offended....

[@notavailable4596]

Exactly, and Allende wasn't exactly a good person either.

[@Thomas-ry8xq]

He prevented communism.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

But did not give the centrists and moderates a say in government either. As a matter of fact, both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils in Chile.

[@s.s.p.9680]

For me, socialist views is the worst crime.

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

I had a Chilean girlfriend who worked as a stewardess on the presidential plane. She thought that he was a kindly old man like a grandfather. I couldn't persuade her that he was a monster.

[@user-gd5dj2nj6c]

Because you weren't there. JewMericans only gather their info from democratic sources

[@deanv378]

All commies just hate a right wing authoritarian junta that establishes a healthy economy. Much better to have lunatic Marxist policies that lead to abject poverty.

[@tekinfomedi]

Thanks for reminding Pinochet was AUTHORITARIAN. 😊😊

[@marcosjuarez7809]

No, centrists and moderates are the ones who are establishing a healthy economy. Neither a left-wing socialist nut like Salvador Allende nor a right-wing authoritarian like Augusto Pinochet.

[@minakatahizuru]

This is biased

[@Cocodrilou]

The real Father of modern Chile 🇨🇱

[@Michaelfranks6969]

This is what happen when you resist american power ... remember america is power no.1

[@Rainberna]

This is what happens if you try to impose communism by force in Chile. Remember that commies!

[@hannah1943]

It was not American revolution. It was a Chile and revolution against marxist. And you take allies where you can get Then

[@luisfernandovelasquezcapch790]

El referéndum del NO fue el fin del nazismo chileno.

[@kidmohair8151]

the US in particular and the other "free democracies" of the west in general, has got some 'splaining to do. but that will *never* happen, until they too, suffer the fate of Pinochet.

[@xothehost123]

Chile is part of the West, bro. You might have wanted to say the United States.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

But both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils in Chile.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicated to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist." -- Augusto Pinochet

[@tekinfomedi]

If he said that, with no significant rewriting or omissions, at least he was quite honest. He did not mention liberal democracy or civic rights.

[@smaragdastefani3338]

Fascist

[@Thomas-ry8xq]

Pinochets ideas worked.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

yes they definitely worked for Pinochet.

[@user-gd5dj2nj6c]

​@@FreeDocumentaryHistoryIs that why the majority economy flourished ? Let me guess voting works

[@luisfernandovelasquezcapch790]

August Pinochet was a neonazi dictator and a genocide.

[@thomasdonovan3580]

That’s why pencils have erasers.

[@gopher7691]

Allende was a communist who would have destroyed chile.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Well, both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils.

[@user-er1ed1xs5b]

Make no mistake: the story of Pinochet is also the story of the modern Republican Party in the U.S. This should be a cautionary and sober tale for America. Dictatorship can happen when you least expect it, and once it does happen, it leaves countless victims in it's wake. A dictatorship never leads to happiness and prosperity. We must always tell the truth to those who continue to live in denial.

[@agoodone792]

If any party is the dictator in the US, it’s the Democratic Party. Who was the party of segregation and Jim Crow? Who was the party of the “war on poverty” and who was the party that got us involved in Vietnam, WW1, and WW2? Who was the party responsible for handing control of the money supply over to the Federal Reserve? Who was the party in the 1930s, who enacted laws banning the private ownership of gold by citizens!? And finally, which party wants to repeal the 2nd amendment and deny citizens the ability to defend themselves from a tyrannical government? These are all fascist policies pursued by the Democratic Party.

[@ekkolima]

Just like the Biden administration. And he had the father of a Gold Star vet arrested for asking Biden to acknowledge the 13 American servicemen murdered in the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

[@gopher7691]

And what does communism lead to? Happiness? Please. Communism would have been infinitely worse for Chile. Communism leads to poverty, terror, and death. Chile is now prosperous and free. Yes Pinochet was cruel but he did save Chile from a terrible fate

[@gopher7691]

The only party trying to put its political opponents in jail is the Democrat party

[@notavailable4596]

You're the one in denial. There are absolutely no parallels except in your imagination.

[@Nick-fi1mc]

What the Democrat party wishes they were

[@gonzalomoya7097]

Pinochet save Chile , we support him all the way proudly ... sorry leftys 🇨🇱❤️🇨🇱

[@marcosjuarez7809]

You support him all the way proudly or you justify his brutal authoritarian regime? Besides, both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are the lesser of two evils.

[@smaragdastefani3338]

Fascist

[@gonzalomoya7097]

Welll ... Chile still working thanks to his ideas, the leftists has a chance and blow it 🇨🇱

[@rickmartin2392]

Pay attention guys, this will be the U.S. if trump wins this election. This is NOT a joke guys...

[@thesqueezyteam]

Communists should be afraid

[@holdstillbro]

@@thesqueezyteam communism will win

[@travelinman790]

​@@varrick1226he tried. Did you forget about January 6th? You trumpsters like to conveniently forget.

[@travelinman790]

​@@thesqueezyteamAmerica has a very small communist party ( less than 5,000 members). If you think liberals are commies you're delus1onal.

[@agoodone792]

@@travelinman790 yeah and what happened on January 6th? Not an insurrection unless you call walking around the capitol peacefully with police tour guides an insurrection. A Dem staffer was caught having gay sex in a senate hearing chamber and nothing happened, but a guy put his feet on Pelosi’s desk and he went to jail. Can you say hypocrisy?

[@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948]

oh