 This development culminated with the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that overthrew Salvador Allende's democratically elected left-wing government and instituted a 16-year right-wing military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that left more than 3,000 people dead or missing.The regime ended in 1990 after a referendum in 1988 and was succeeded by a center-left coalition which ruled until 2010.Chile is a high-income economy with high living standards.