Episode 115: Throughout the Cold War, the United States, through the CIA, funded, supplied, and protected a vast continental network of right-wing death squads that spanned South America. This genocidal collaboration between the CIA and six US-backed dictatorships was known as Operation Condor. In its wake, it left 80,000 dead, and 400,000 more disappeared into secret prisons. Learn about the life and legacy of Operation Condor in this week’s episode.
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Reviewed Work: State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years (Paywall): Link
Argentina and “Los Desaparecidos”: Link
Kissinger backed dirty war against left in Argentina: Link
The Chicago Boys in Chile: Economic Freedom's Awful Toll: Link
My Case Against Pinochet: Link
Terror on Embassy Row, Revisited: Link
‘This was not an accident. This was a bomb.’: Link
The Regime of Alfredo Stroessner (Paywall): Link
How Paraguay's 'Archive of Terror' put Operation Condor in focus: Link
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