Talca, Chile<br /> September 1988<br /> <br /> General Augusto Pinochet and his advisors.<br /> <br /> In October 1988, General Pinochet ordered a plebiscite vote asking Chilean citizens whether he should continue in office. It produced a decisive &quot;no&quot; vote and the following year he lost the first presidential election in 19 years. However, under a constitution crafted by his advisors, he remained as army commander until 1998. <br /> <br /> Pinochet continued to wield enormous power until his arrest in London on human rights charges in October 1998.
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