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Upon being declared President in 1974, Augosto Pinochet began a reign of Terror on the State of Chile. Human Rights violations were rife while this dictator was in power spanning 17 years. Such acts of crime against humanity should have been stopped early on in Pinochet’s career as President. The United Nations was established for more than thirty years at this point and regulations were put in place to stop any possible activities against human rights yet they continued in Chile. Some of the surrounding countries did not have the moral authority to stop Pinochet, as they were involved in the same activities, such as those implicated in Operation Condor. Other Countries did not feel politically or economically strong enough to exert any pressure on Chile. The United States, a country both economically and politically strong enough to apply force on Chile stood by an let Pinochet’s dictatorship continue as they believed a strong leader, like Pinochet, was necessary to stop the......

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