Pinochet saved Chile. It is the most free and most prosperous country in the southern hemisphere. He is the only dictator ever to voluntarily step down once his work was done.
Similarly, Fujimori saved Peru. Whatever his defects, he stepped up when all was lost, and turned the tide of battle at a time when the central government had lost complete control of the country outside Lima, and the guerrillas were advancing into Lima. No one else was prepared to do what he did.
Once it was safe for a return to normal governance, lesser men stepped up to accuse him, and he was driven into exile and later into prison. But Peru is what it is today thanks to him.
And ditto for Franco. (and please, no lame Chevy Chase jokes).
Some 1500 libs got a one way plane trip and Chile did not become Venezuela. China decided to end opiate addiction by making it a capital crime. They only had to execute about 500 to shut opium down.
I was going to say, Chile and Peru are all there is of sensibility in SA.
Let is tally the spreadsheet:
Liberal ****hole
Free prosperity and trade with strong laws
Column B please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeWm7QxXLPE
-—and in the voting that removed Gen. Pinochet from office, he received a higher percentage of votes than Allende’ did when he (Allende’) assumed the presidency-—
Did Pinochet and Fujimori follow the example of Cincinnatus?