Today, John Dinges joins us for the second time to talk about the Condor years in Chile. Operation Condor was unprecedented in its repression. It involved kidnapping, killing, torture, repression, secret prisons and renditions mostly to protect repressive regimes like those of Pinochet.
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Show Notes
2:18 - The English edition is coming out
6:10 - Operation Condor
8:23 - Uruguay hit list Edward Koch (former Mayor)
12:37 - How did they coordinate other agencies?
15:50 - General Carlos Prats
18:22 - Who killed Carlos Prats and Letilier?
19:58 - FBI “solving” the Orlando Letelier
25:27 - Mechanics of Condor
30:30 - Comparisons between US War on Terror and Operation Condor
34:00 - Pinochet in London and his Extradition hearing
38:00 - Pinochet was neutralized as a political force
44:00 - Victims and the lost Generation
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Operation Condor with John Dinges