I just finished watching a documentary called "Crossing Our Borders: The Legacy of Dictators in Latin America." And as I was watching, near the beginning a particular piece of information was presented which surprised me:

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In Chile, more than 35,000 people were killed under the dictator Augusto Pinochet in his effort to eradicate Communism.
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The documentary is certainly not pro-Communist by any means; it just criticizes all Latin American dictators, regardless of what ideology they adhered to (though it focuses mostly on Hugo Chavez). The information about Augusto Pinochet was presented quickly, and then the documentary moved on without dwelling on it. But that particular piece of information stuck with me because because I personally tend to think about all of the people killed by pro-Communist dictators like Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. The possibility of thousands of people being murdered by ANTI-Communist regimes was something that honestly had not occurred to me. Aside from Nazi Germany (which I'm sure we're all well aware of), does anyone know of any other instances of an anti-Communist regime killing thousands of people?

Crossing Our Borders: The Legacy of Dictators in Latin America:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQblv9cp...