[AmericanMade1776]

You would think in a Country , such as Chile, that is uncovering the political tortures of their last leader Pinochet, they would understand the need for security.

The 1,200-page document covers the period from the coup of Sept. 11, 1973, that installed Gen. Augusto Pinochet in power through 1989, when military rule was about to give way to a democratic civilian government. It concludes that during the dictatorship, especially in the first phase, ``torture was a policy of the state, meant to repress and terrorize the population.''

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10288395.htm?1c

[FreedomSurge]

There was no coup.