Defeat of Chilean Dictator Pinochet 1988
The Chilean political opposition to dictator and General Augusto Pinochet triumphed on October 5, 1988, as the center-left Concertación party defeated Pinochet in his re-election bid. A general election was held in 1989. Concertación and its Presidential candidates won each year onwards, until a conservative candidate was elected in 2010.
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