Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies at 91

General Augusto Pinochet, the fierce anti-communist dictator who ruled Chile with an iron fist from 1973 to 1990, died this evening from heart complications, the Santiago Military hospital reported. He was 91.

The brief announcement by the hospital said Pinochet’ condition worsened suddenly and doctors rushed him back to the Intensive Care Unit, from which he had been removed only on Thursday while recovering from an acute heart attack he suffered one week ago.