00:00 Chile under former President Pinochet achieved three successes: defeating communism, establishing a thriving free enterprise economy, and transitioning to democracy, despite controversy surrounding Pinochet's arrest and extradition.

04:45 In the spring of 1973, Chilean President Allende's policies of land redistribution and nationalization led to economic turmoil and a sense of hysteria among the middle class, causing anxiety on the right that if unchecked, a more left-wing and repressive leader would replace Allende.

08:50 In the summer of 1973, there was a failed coup attempt called the Tanquetazo, led by Roberto Super, which involved tanks and soldiers firing on government buildings, but it was quickly suppressed by President Allende and the loyal army commander-in-chief Carlos Pratz, who convinced the mutineers to abandon the cause, and this event served as a lesson for future coup attempts.

13:11 General Pratz's reputation is damaged after he mistakenly shoots at a car and misgenders the driver, leading to demonstrations against him and his eventual resignation, which paves the way for General Pinochet to seize power.

17:45 General Pinochet, despite being seen as conventional and boring, is revealed to be a bibliophile with a private library of 55,000 books, but his lack of fiction and poetry is bad news for poets; tensions rise in Chile as the Supreme Court, Congress, and the AND government engage in a constitutional row, leading to talk of a massive referendum, while massive demonstrations in support of AND take place in Santiago a week before the coup.

22:27 The Chilean coup was not planned by General Pinochet, who only became involved at a late stage, and it was not orchestrated by the CIA, although they were aware of and supportive of the coup; the coup leaders quickly gained control and officially deposed Allende due to a national emergency.

26:31 Despite offers to escape and flee the country, President Allende refuses to abandon his post and instead gives an extraordinary radio speech before ultimately taking his own life as the military launches an attack on the presidential palace.

31:07 After President Allende's death, the coup is quickly wrapped up with Allende's ministers either being killed, flown to concentration camps, or tortured and released, and the Chilean military's brutality surprises many, including the CIA, who estimate that around 1,500 people were killed, including American citizens.

35:17 Pinochet uses his power to establish himself as the supreme chief of the nation, creating a personality cult and gaining supreme power, leading to the deaths of thousands and the torture of tens of thousands of people, but is praised by Mrs. Thatcher for his support in the Falklands War.

39:39 Despite the violence and brutality with which he seized power and ruptured the Constitution, some argue that Pinochet saved Chile from sliding into Cuban-style socialism and that the violence was preferable to what would have come under a revolutionary Marxist regime.

43:54 Despite having the choice to stop the violence and killing, General Pinochet continued to carry out brutal acts and maintain a corrupt regime, which was unnecessary and resulted in the loss of countless lives.