How pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents by john dinges. Porter stated that in order to facilitate the coordinated employment of internal security forces within and among latin american countries, we are. Investigative reporter, author, correspondent for many years in latin america, john dinges received a masters degree from stanford university in latin american studies, then began freelancing in chile, writing mainly for the washington post, during a sixyear period that included the socialist revolution of president salvador allende, the violent military coup that overthrew. How paraguays archive of terror put operation condor in. Account of participant in founding meeting of condor. Congressman edward koch later mayor of new york city in mid1976. He revealed that uruguayan military officials threatened to assassinate u. Operation condor trial tackles coordinated campaign by. Full text of operation condor south american terror. Operation condor john dinges john dinges is a reporter, author of several books about operation condor. Were joined by john dinges, author of the condor years. Condor one chile, condor two argentina, condor three uruguay, condor four paraguay, and condor five. Operation condor trial tackles coordinated campaign by latin american dictatorships to kill leftists.
Tens of thousands of people were kidnapped, tortured and killed by military regimes across the continent. After decades shrouded in secrecy, the efforts of the political scientist j. Chile and operation condor the national security archive. In late july 1976, the cia station chief in montevideo had received. Foreign affairs suppressed debate about kissinger and condor news about condor related court cases in spain, italy, france, argentina and chile english and spanish pinochet consulted kissinger about attack on peru operacion condor. In june 1980, in one of the final phase 2 operations of condor, peru collaborated with argentinian agents of the intelligence batallion 601 in the kidnapping, torture and disappearance of a group of montoneros living in. How pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents the new press 20042005. Documents about operation condor and chilean dictator pinochet transnational institute.
Operation condor was a united statesbacked campaign of political repression and state terror. How pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents reprint edition. Kissinger blocked demarche on international assassinations. How pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents new york.
Electronic books published by archive staff and fellows 29, bringing the web site total to 175 research requests to the archive by letter 20. Mario jahn, in two declarations to an investigative judge, raises possibility that pinochet presided over the. The national security archive george washington university. To be fair, much remained shadowy even a few years ago. John dinges lifts the lid on operation condor in this compelling and shocking account as dinges reveals, condor was far more sinister than once thought. The literature on condor and on state terrorism keith m. According to documents and interviews obtained by john dinges for his book, the condor years. As journalist john dinges points in his book, the condor years, the labels assigned to the intelligence agencies were.
Dinges is careful not to go further than his evidence allows. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The plan that backfired on pinochet and his allies. John dinges is a former foreign correspondent and the author of three books on major events involving the united states and latin america. Documents obtained in chile demonstrates that peru was a member of operacion condor as of april 1978.
Id heard about operation condor when i was in the belly of the condor itself, says almada. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. How pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents, brought to light another document providing information on perus participation. John dinges editors introduction from 1975 to 1977 military regimes in brazil, paraguay, uruguay, chile and argentina rounded up thousands of people who were suspected of having affiliations with radical leftist movements and put them into concentration camps and secret detention centers. Osorio supplied the court with 900 declassified records. Operation condor, which took place in the context of the cold war between western societies and the soviet union and its eastern bloc, had the tacit approval of the united states. How pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. As dinges reveals, condor was far more sinister than once thought. Operation condor references the constantine report. Mario jahn, in two declarations to an investigative judge, raises possibility that pinochet presided over the meeting, and he names. Full text of henry kissinger exposed collection of. It was a drug eradication program in mexico that began in 1975 and continued until. Washington, dc, april 10, 2010 only five days before a car bomb planted by agents of the pinochet regime rocked downtown washington d.
Slacks 1996 2 article very cautiously assessed the existence of condor and of u. Dinges please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as. He has worked as a correspondent for the washington post in south america and is the former director of npr. He was a special correspondent in chile and central america for the washington post, where he also worked as a foreign desk editor. Operacion silencio operation silence was a chilean operation to impede. Peter kornbluh, testified at the condor trial, along with archive advisory board member john dinges, author of the condor years. Dinges, a professor of journalism at columbia university and former managing editor of national public radio news, takes a hard, careful look at latin america in the 1970s, that woeful time of vicious struggles between bitter extremes, when human life was cheap and torture, kidnapping, and terrorism common. Patrice mcsherry, investigative journalist john dinges, and others, have made remarkable strides in exposing western audiences to operation condor a u. Operation condor was the codename given to a continentwide covert operation. John dinges, author of the condor years, says the archive of. In june 1999, by order of president bill clinton, the state department released thousands of declassified documents revealing for the first time that the cia and the state and defense departments were intimately aware of condor. South american terror conscious awareness for all 125.