Original sentence: Over the years, both the active participants in the coup and their supporters have argued that the coup was essential for preserving freedom, democracy, and prosperity in Chile.Supporters also contend that the subsequent economic boom of the late 1980s and 1990s was a direct result of Pinochet's economic policy.They assert, therefore, that the forcible removal of Allende was a necessary and justified course of action.They claim that Salvador Allende wanted to establish a Cuban-style dictatorship, which would have destroyed human rights, as well as economic prosperity
Edited sentence: Over the years, both the perpetrators of the coup and their supporters have argued that it was essential for preserving freedom, democracy and prosperity in Chile.Supporters also contend that subsequent economic growth in the late 1980s and 1990s was a direct result of Pinochet's economic policy.They claim that Salvador Allende wanted to establish a Cuban-style dictatorship, which would have destroyed human rights as well as economic prosperity, and therefore the forcible removal of Allende was a necessary and justified course of action