#OperationCondor
7 entries tagged OperationCondor.
People (1)
- Augusto Pinochet Augusto Pinochet was Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army who, with CIA backing, led the September 11, 1973 coup against President Salvador Allende and governed Chile as dictator until 1990; his regime participated in Operation Condor, a CIA-coordinated transnational assassination program targeting leftists across Latin America.
Programs (1)
- Operation Condor Operation Condor was a CIA-facilitated transnational program of political repression, intelligence sharing, and assassination coordinated among six South American military dictatorships (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil) from 1975 onward, which tracked and killed an estimated 60,000 people including opponents who had fled across borders.
Places (5)
- Argentina Argentina under its military dictatorship (1976-1983) was a central participant in Operation Condor and conducted its own Dirty War against domestic leftists, killing an estimated 9,000-30,000 people; it was also a refuge for Nazi war criminals and a node in CIA-backed anti-communist operations throughout Latin America.
- Brazil Brazil under its military dictatorship (1964-1985) participated in Operation Condor and was a refuge for Nazi war criminals including Josef Mengele; the CIA supported the 1964 coup and the subsequent military government that operated death squads and maintained the DOPS secret police.
- Paraguay Paraguay under dictator Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989) was a hub for Operation Condor's cross-border assassination networks, a refuge for Nazi war criminals including Josef Mengele, and a CIA client state whose intelligence services participated in the coordinated Latin American repression documented throughout this vault.
- Santiago Santiago is the capital of Chile and the site of the September 11, 1973 CIA-backed coup that installed Augusto Pinochet, including the bombing of La Moneda presidential palace; it was subsequently the operational base for DINA and the founding location of Operation Condor.
- Uruguay Uruguay under its military dictatorship (1973-1985) was a founding Operation Condor participant whose intelligence service coordinated the cross-border tracking and killing of Uruguayan political opponents who had fled to Argentina and elsewhere; the Tupamaro guerrilla movement that prompted the dictatorship had itself been used as a CIA training case study.