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Democracy in the Contemporary World (Class IX)
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How did Pinochet’s military dictatorship come to an end after 17 years?
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He held a referendum and lost it.
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Pinochet’s military dictatorship came to an end after he decided to hold a referendum in 1988. The people of Chile voted a decisive ‘no’ to Pinochet. This led to Pinochet losing first his political and then his military powers.