ocr: The military, andin particular the army, enjoyed preferential treatment under Pinochet. Its success 111 taling power in 1973 was a reilection ofits cohesive command structure rather than of any right-wing ideological conviction. Pinochet exercised enormous intluence in his position as commanderin-chiel, but during his periodin office worked with civilian rather than military advisers. The army retains considerable passive intluence; the recent Aylwin government decidednot to press human rights charges over atrocities committed during the Pinochet years. Much ofits equipment is supplied by Chil ...
