During the years of the Chilean military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet from 1973 to 1990, hundreds of books were burned as a way of repression and censorship of left-wing literature. In some instances, even books on Cubism were burned because soldiers thought it had to do with the Cuban Revolution. thumb|upright|Book burning in Chile following the 1973 coup that installed the Pinochet dictatorship.
During the years of the Chilean military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet f?rom 1973 to 1990, hundreds of books were burned as a way of repression and censorship of left-wing literature. In some instances, even books on Cubism were burned because soldiers thought it had to do with the Cuban Revolution. thumb|upright|Book burning in Chile following the 1973 coup that installed the Pinochet dictatorship.