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Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration. I assume full political responsibility for what happened.

Augusto Pinochet

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Augusto Pinochet
Age: 91 †
Born: 1915
Born: November 25
Died: 2006
Died: December 10
Former President Of Chile
Military Officer
Politician
Valparaiso
Chile
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Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte
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