Pinoche and the Nea Liberal Revolution in Chile

In 19 73 Chile's military overthrew aende in a coup, and aende shot himself in the presidential palace. The man who would emerge on the top of the power struggle in the military at the end of the coup was one augusto pinoche. Upon taking power he carried out what would become the standard neo liberal programme: returning nationalized industries to the capitalists. But it wasn't until pinoche's desperation for money drove him to the i m f that he would fully embrace near liberalism. Most of the world had refused to do business with the new dictatorial regime, with the exception of the us. And, oddly enough, mouse china, which poured money into the