Pinochet. Biografía Y Política / Pinochet. Military and Political Biography [Spanish]

By Mario Amorós

En la actualidad, cuando una ola reaccionaria recorre el planeta y diferentes voces en distintos pa ses lo reivindican, esta biograf a de Augusto Pinochet se vuelve m s urgente que nunca.

El general Augusto Pinochet integra el pante n de las personalidades m s siniestras de la historia. No solo en Chile, donde su r gimen se cobr la vida de miles de personas, tortur a tantas otras y destruy la democracia republicana, sino tambi n a nivel mundial. El golpe de Estado del 11 de septiembre de 1973 que derroc al presidente Salvador Allende y su posterior dictadura, que se prolong hasta 1990; la imposici n feroz de los principios del neoliberalismo a partir de 1975 y su alto costo en desempleo y hambre, y su detenci n en Londres en 1998 a petici n del juez Baltasar Garz n, fundada en la jurisdicci n universal frente a los cr menes de lesa humanidad, lo transforman en un personaje ineludible cuya figura regresa cada cierto tiempo.

Amor s, apoy ndose en una ampl sima documentaci n in dita, reconstruye la infancia de Pinochet y su vida familiar, relata al detalle su larga trayectoria militar, y desvela episodios ocultos como su participaci n en la masoner a; examina su papel durante el gobierno de Allende y en las horas dram ticas del golpe de Estado, y perfila su ambici n de poder, que lo llev a erigir un r gimen que, a partir del terror, refund Chile desde sus cimientos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Today, when a wave of intolerant views travels around the world and various different countries give it a voice and a platform, this Augusto Pinochet biography becomes more urgent than ever.

General Augusto Pinochet is considered one of the most sinister personalities in history. Not only in Chile, where his regime murdered thousands of people, tortured many others, and destroyed Republican democracy, but also worldwide. The coup d'etat on September 11, 1973 that overthrew President Salvador Allende and began Pinochet's subsequent dictatorship through 1990; his strong push for the principles of neoliberalism; and his arrest in London in 1998 at the request of Judge Baltasar Garz n, based on the universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity, transform him in an unavoidable character whose figure shows up from time to time.

Amor s reconstructs Pinochet's childhood and family life, and with great detail recounts his long military career; he examines Pinochet's role during Allende's government and in those dramatic hours when the coup took place; and outlines his ambition and thirst for power, which led him to erect a regime based on terror and fear that shook Chile to its core.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 846666632X
• ISBN13: 9788466666329
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Ediciones B
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"