Spain's Franco & Chile's Pinochet dictatorships of the Right were blessed by their leaving a vibrant democracy after their reign while Fidel Castro's dictatorship of Cuba of the Left remains as George Orwell's "Animal Farm"

 

Pinochet Is Smiling in His Grave

By Ariel Dorfman

Mr. Dorfman, a Chilean American writer, is the author of the play “Death and the Maiden” and the novels “The Suicide Museum” and “Allegro.”