Gautam Mukunda wrote:
...
> As Pinochet (for
> example) was clearly a hell of a lot better than Castro.
...
Gautam--
This statement gave me pause. I tried to do some quick
research, but had trouble finding figures from obviously unbiased
sources. In terms of raw numbers, Pinochet seems to have killed
5000 while taking power and 3000 more during his reign. It's
not clear how the "missing" are counted, but the source seemed
solid. Castro was harder to find reliable numbers on, although
a rabidly anti-Castro site gives an upper bound of 100,000 dead.
What do you base your statement on?
---David
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P.S. Did you know that Pinochet overthrew Allende on
September 11th (1973)? Coincidence?
