Agree with the general theme; however, I do believe Augusto Pinochet got a bad rap because communists had to divert attention from the economic miracle he created by following the advice he got from Milton Friedman.
Milton Friedman was pilloried for helping Chili and Pinochet. His answer was until their is a Free Market Economy there will be no Freedom. He was right.
List of Heros in the last hundred years:
Milton Friedman for the above.
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman oddly enough, but he dropped the bomb.
Dwight David Eisenhower, no World War he keep us strong.
Lech Valensa, Pope John Paul, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. They defeated the evil empire but due to the Obama Administration we must defeat them once again.