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Real Dictators

Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We travel to South America. In September 1973, Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile following a coup d’état. The aim is to topple the country’s socialist president. And it succeeds. But how does Pinochet - a seemingly unremarkable army man - come to lead the notorious uprising? And after that, how do he and his wife consolidate power, remaining in post for 17 long and bloody years? A Noiser production, written by Sean Coleman. Many thanks to John Bartlett, Mark Ensalaco, Peter Kornbluh. This is Part 1 of 3. Get every episode of Real Dictators a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser network. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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over beyond. It's October the 15th, 1998, approaching midnight. We're in central London. A light rain fills the cold autumn air.

0:48.3

Two smartly dressed men enter the door of 20 Devonshire place. It's a bit late for house calls, but this is no ordinary house, and

0:58.5

they are no ordinary visitors. Nestled in the affluent West End area of Marleyburn. This red brick

1:08.3

mansion is home to an elite private hospital. Some of the world's most influential people have been treated here,

1:15.6

A-list actors, prime ministers, even royalty. Tonight, recovering among the celebrities is a patient who's not so much famous as infamous,

1:27.0

a man with a reputation for brutality, a general, a senator, an arms trader, a former dictator.

1:37.0

During his brief visit to London his 82 year old has enjoyed what the city has to offer.

1:48.0

At Madame Toussourte he paused in front of Lenin's waxwork to tell him you were wrong sir you were wrong

1:55.5

he left one of his favorite Western bookshops clutching some new works on Napoleon he took tea with another former world leader, his old friend, Margaret Thatcher. And finally, he booked himself in for a medical procedure at this exclusive London clinic.

2:17.0

The patient's chocolate brown coat, bought from a high-end gentleman's outfit as hangs on the back of his door. His shiny black shoes are arranged

2:26.2

neatly at the foot of his bed. He sleeps, soundly. His pinkish face with its white mustache rests peacefully on plump pillows.

2:37.0

It's been over a week now since his tricky back surgery and he's recovering well.

2:46.1

As midnight approaches, the two smartly dressed visitors stride down the corridor towards

2:51.6

the hospital suite.

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