Chilean progress is due to Pinochet JOSE BRECHNER in an era that leftism is fashionable and be conservative adjoins the sacrilege, remember to Pinochet as the author of the Chilean progress goes beyond populist tolerance. But that is the reality. Pinochet was the architect of the most significant change that has occurred in Chile in 50 years, making it an example of evolution for its neighbors, transporting it to be the only country in the region that lies in developing while others remain in underdevelopment. Salvador Allende came to power with just 33 percent of the votes. He had to two-thirds of the country against her and decided to implement radical changes which Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales intended to resemble. It was inevitable that it falls with an impassable barrier in the opposition. It is fair and valid question the way with which the repressive measures faced by Chileans and unnecessary deaths caused by the regime were imposed.
But no one can refute that economic advancement He managed to Chile thanks to Pinochet. The greater influence in the political factor is always economic. If pockets of the town are filled, the Government is wanted, if they emptied is repudiated. Pinochet did what no one dared: exit of protectionism and promote international competition. The results are evident.
Chile is at the forefront of the countries of the Southern Cone in economic and social development. It retains a stable democracy that regardless of who assumes the Government is respected and, being a leftist regime, Bachelet’s can afford to identify with social-democracy. The neoliberal economic system remains unchangeable, because in a nutshell: works. The proposal of Pinochet Chilean industrialists was very simple. He told them that if they could not compete with their peers in the rest of the world, was better to close their factories. The Government with the banking sector was responsible for improving the financial system, providing soft loans to entrepreneurs to modernize their machinery and the country was lifted.