oct 5, 1988 - REFERENDUM: Chile votes No to Pinochet's continued rule
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Fifteen years after Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet seized power from the leftist Salvador Allende in a coup, the country held a plebiscite to vote yes or no on another eight years of continued rule by the military junta.
On 5 October 1988, 55% of the population voted ‘no’, paving the way for presidential elections in 1989.
See brief for more: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qjK_7-VdHv5JYwysb9Ru5KoFN_vM2Xn3Yj3zkzFNfo/edit
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