the U.S., which strongly supported Pinochet, shared his hatred of communists, and resumed its loans to Chile immediately after Pinochet’s coup. As is true of some other actions of Pinochet (and of Allende), the motives in this case are not clear.
Did the US give free reign to general Pinochet to take Chile out of the hands of the leftists, even if that meant committing atrocities?
