MESSED UP DETAILS FROM U.S.-BACKED OPERATION CONDOR: THE CONSPIRACY TO DISAPPEAR PEOPLE
BY MARINA MANOUKIAN/FEB. 26, 2023 2:30 PM EST
The United States was willing to do anything and everything to suppress communist and anti-authoritarian activities worldwide during the Cold War, including funding fascists and authoritarian regimes. In Europe, this was demonstrative in Operation Gladio, a stay-behind army. In South America, this was seen in Operation Condor.
For two decades, right-wing military dictatorships in South America propped up and funded by the United States combined their surveillance and suppression into a network of death squads. These military and paramilitary groups arrested, abducted, and abused thousands of people associated with political subversion in a transnational network. While some of these people were members of revolutionary groups actively fighting against military dictatorships, others were Indigenous people, members of unions, or radical democrats seen as a threat to the authoritarian status quo. While some managed to survive the horrific detention camps, others could not escape.
Tens of thousands of people disappeared and were murdered across eight different countries during the almost 20 years that Operation Condor operated. And while some trials have been held in countries like Chile and Italy, few who participated in Operation Condor have been held accountable. Meanwhile, the families of those who disappeared continue to grieve for their loved ones and push for accountability and justice. Here are some messed up details from the U.S.-backed Operation Condor.
WHAT WAS OPERATION CONDOR?
For 20 years, several South American governments participated in a repressive campaign known as Operation Condor. Supported by the United States materially and financially, Operation Condor involved a network of intelligence collaboration between the military regimes of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay that targeted people considered to be left-wing and anti-authoritarian dissidents between 1969 and 1989. People were kidnapped, tortured, and either executed or imprisoned in detention camps. Operation Condor sought to create an incredibly hostile environment for members of anti-authoritarian organizations, especially when they were trying to seek exile or shelter in neighboring countries.
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