Augusto Pinochet: The Triumph of Mediocrity

Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile for 17 years after a coup in 1973.  Many who knew him in the years before considered him unremarkable. In hindsight, Pinochet was an accomplished opportunist who seized absolute power, then bullied his way into keeping it.  Support the show: https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/hindsight/