HIST 221 Chapter reading: Reading Chile and the US
19 Oct 2018
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September 11, 1998 marks the 25th anniversary of the military coup. It was a violent overthrow of the democratically- elected popular unity government of salvador. Because of cia covert intervention in chile and the repressive character of general pinochet"s rule, the coup became the most notorious military takeover in latin american history. Nixon ordered the cia to make the economy scream in chile to prevent allende from coming to power or to unseat him. Through the freedom of information acts requests, there is a compilation of declassified records. Dina: provides a summary of information taken from prison letters written by the. Dina agent responsible for the assassination of orlando letelier. Operation condor cable: a south american intelligence operation designed to eliminate marxist terrorist activites int eh area. Chilean president"s visit to the us: nsc asked us ambassador to childe to discourage the meeting by telling the.
