Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbour no rancour against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all. ... I take political responsibility for everything that was done. Despite this statement, Pinochet always refused to be confronted to Chilean justice, claiming that he was senile. He died two weeks later while indicted on human rights and corruption charges, but without having been sentenced. Notes References Bibliography and further reading Bawden, JR. (2016). The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. Christian, D. (1992). "Perestroika and World History", Australian Slavonic and East European studies, 6(1), pp. 1–28. Falcoff, M. (2003). "Cuba: The Morning After", p. 26. AEI Press, 2003. Petras, J., & Vieux, S. (1990). "The Chilean 'Economic Miracle': An Empirical Critique", Critical Sociology, 17, pp. 57–72. Roberts, K.M. (1995). "From the Barricades to the Ballot Box: Redemocratization and Political Realignment in the Chilean Left", Politics & Society, 23, pp. 495–519. Schatan, J. (1990). "The Deceitful Nature of Socio-Economic Indicators". Development, 3–4, pp. 69–75. Sznajder, M. (1996). "Dilemmas of economic and political modernisation in Chile: A jaguar that wants to be a puma", Third World Quarterly, 17, pp. 725–736. Valdes, J.G. (1995). Pinochet's economists: The Chicago School in Chile, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Steve Anderson Body of Chile's Former President Frei May Be Exumed, The Santiago Times, April 5, 2005 External links Literature and Torture in Pinochet's Chile Criminals of the military dictatorship : Augusto Pinochet 1973 establishments in Chile 1990 disestablishments in Chile Chile States and territories established in 1973 States and territories disestablished in 1990 Authoritarianism