Offshoring.Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 – December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, and head of the military junta from 1973 to 1974. gets credit for developing Latin Americas economic success story--as well as blame for the disappearance of 3,000 dissidents under his reign. Yet critics and supporters have in the past largely agreed that the retired general was, at least, honest. But a recent U.S. Senate report found that U.S. financial institution Riggs Bank Riggs Bank was a Washington, DC-based commercial bank with branches located in the surrounding metropolitan area and offices around the world. For most of its history, it was the largest bank in the nation's capital. hid up to US$8 million for Pinochet. The fallout has stained the 88-year-old's reputation as a ruler who kept his hand out of the cookie jar 1. (programming) cookie jar - An area of memory set aside for storing cookies. Most commonly heard in the Atari ST community; many useful ST programs record their presence by storing a distinctive magic number in the jar. . "It's impossible that that fortune is amassed from the savings of a commander-in-chief." --Eugenio Tuma, Chilean Congressman (Bloomberg) "We have the most absolute assurance that General Pinochet didn't incur in any act of corruption." --Pablo Rodriguez, Pinochet's lawyer (Radio Chilena) "Now you can say we are the equal to the dictatorship of any banana republic banana republic n. A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, and is typically governed by a dictator or the armed forces. ." --Alejandro Navarro, Chilean Congressman (Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). ) "The general has too many properties." --Patricio Aylwin, former Chilean President (Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. ) "We can't allow our financial systems to be misused by corrupt dictators, terrorists or other criminals." --Carl Levin, U.S. Senator (Agence France-Presse) "This money is from donations and his personal savings." --Marco Antonio Pinochet, son of Augusto Pinochet (Radio Agricultura) "It is clear that Pinochet is not crazy." --Eduardo Contreras, human rights lawyer (La Tercera) |
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