Santiago, Chile.September 15, 1988..Chilean police rip down an anti-General Augusto Pinochet banner with slogans supporting the &quot;no&quot; vote for the plebiscite. ..In 1988, General Augusto Pinochet ordered a plebiscite vote asking Chilean citizens whether he should continue in office. It produced a decisive &quot;no&quot; vote and the following year he lost the first presidential election in 19 years. However, under a constitution crafted by his advisors, he remained as army commander until 1998. Pinochet continued to wield enormous power until his arrest in London on human rights charges in October 1998.