What is la Operation Condor?

Operation Condor was a formal system to coordinate repression among the countries of the Southern Cone that operated from the mid-1970s until the early eighties. It aimed to persecute and eliminate political, social, trade-union and student activists from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.

What was Operation Silencio?

Operación Silencio (Operation Silence) was a Chilean operation to impede investigations by Chilean judges by removing witnesses from the country. It started about a year before the “terror archives” were found in Paraguay.

How did the US get involved in Operation Condor?

Operation Condor (1975 to 1985) Operation Condor began to take shape in 1968, when U.S. Army General Robert W. Porter described the need for a coordinated effort between the US and internal security forces of certain Latin American countries.

What is Condor CIA?

Forty-five years ago, under a cloak of secrecy, Operation Condor was officially launched: a global campaign of violent repression against the Latin American left by the region’s quasi-fascist military dictatorships. The US government not only knew about the program — it helped to engineer it.

Did the US Fund Operation Condor?

The United States government provided planning, coordinating, training on torture, and technical support and supplied military aid to the Juntas during the Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations. Such support was frequently routed through the CIA.

Who Targeted Operation Condor?

As the report stated, “Prominent victims of Condor include two former Uruguayan legislators and a former Bolivian president, Juan José Torres, murdered in Buenos Aires, a former Chilean Minister of the Interior, Bernardo Leighton, as well as former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his 26-year old American …

Did America help Pinochet?

Regarding Pinochet’s rise to power, the CIA concluded in a report issued in 2000 that: “The CIA actively supported the military junta after the overthrow of Allende but did not assist Pinochet to assume the Presidency.” However, the 2000 report also stated that: “The major CIA effort against Allende came earlier in …