Anyone who admires Castro must literally adore Pinochet. Both started with a coup but Pinochet returned his country to economic prosperity and, eventually, democracy while Castro accomplished the opposite on both counts. While Cuba is today an economic basket case, Chile is a market-oriented economy which substantially reduced extreme poverty and which catapulted Chile into arguably the most stable Latin American economy (and member of the OECD). Pinochet's 'coup' was supported by almost 2/3 of the members of the Chamber of Deputies who accused Allende of 20 concrete violations of the constitution and who pleaded to the Armed Forces, in a resolution dated August 23, 1973, to remove Allende from office. Chile had, post 1973, open borders for people, trade and currency. While Havana today leaves a picture of the 1950s, Santiago leaves one of the 21st century. While Pinochet, the 'brutal dictator', saved his country, Castro, the enlightened Máximo Líder, destroyed his.