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Democracy was restored in Chile as follows:

=>Salvador Allende was the president of Chile.

=> On 11 September ,1973,military coup took place in which his government was

overthrown by the military,led by General Augusto Pinochet

=> After this,Pinochet became the president of Chile and ruled it for the next 17 years.

=>Thus,military Dictatorship was established in Chile.

=>His ,-Pinochet's government torured and killed severalof those whowanted democrac

to be restored..

=>His military dictatorship came to an end after he decided to hold a referendum in 1988.

=>He felt confident that in his referendum,the people would say yes to his continuing

power.

=>But the people of a Chile had not forgotten their democratic traditions.their vote was a

decisive no to Pinochet.

=>This led to Pinochet losing first his political and then his military powers.

=>Political freedom was restored.

=>Since then Chile has held 4 presidential elections in which different political parties

have participated.

=>Slowly,the army's role in the country's government has been eliminated.

=>Elected governments that came to power ordered inquiries into Pinochet's rule.These

inquiries into Pinochet's rule.These inquiries showed that his government was not only

very brutal but also very corrupt.

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