Operation Condor

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Operation Condor
2. Washington Post: An Assassination, A Failure to Act, A Painful Parallel (2002)
3. Logos Journal: The Undead Ghost of Operation Condor (2005)
4. The Nation: Pulling Back the Veil on Condor (2000)  
5. Human Rights in Latin America: Operation Condor: Clandestine Inter-American System (1999) 
6. BBC: Condor legacy haunts South America (2005)
7. L'Humanite: Latin America in the 1970s: "Operation Condor" (2007)

Operation Condor Timeline

• 1973: Fall of Allende, rise of Pinochet in Chile
• 1974: Chilean intelligence service DINA created; General Carlos Prats murdered in Buenos Aires
• 1975: Santiago meeting to create "Operation Condor"; Leighton assassination attempt
• 1976: Letelier & Moffitt murdered in U.S.; Videla Junta takes power; Ruiz, Michelini, & Torres murdered
• 1978: Peru joins Operation Condor
• 1980: Final Condor operation with Argentinian agents in Peru
• 1999: Clinton administration declassifies U.S. documents relating to Chile and Condor
• 2001: General Prats Trial in Argentina
• 2004: Chilean court revokes Pinochet's immunity from prosecution for Operation Condor crimes
• 2006: Death of Pinochet and Stroessner

Operation Condor Major Actions

• Nunca Mas: Report from Argentinian National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (1984)
• Memoria y Justicia: The Carlos Prats Case
• National Security Archives: The Letelier-Moffitt Assassination 30 Years Later
• The Nation: An Exiled Son of Santiago (2005)  
• Wikipedia: Bernardo Leighton case
• IPN: Uruguay-Argentina: Hunting the Condor, 28 Years On (2004)
• Impunidad: Zelmar Michelini & Héctor Gutiérrez (2004)
• National Security Archives: Ed Koch Threatened with Assassination in 1976

Operation Condor Major Historical Figures & Organizations

• Argentina
  • Human Rights Watch: Argentina: Operation Condor
  • The Vanished Gallery
  • Wikipedia: Military Junta
  • Wikipedia: Secretaría de Inteligencia (SIDE)
  • Wikipedia: Intelligence Battalion 601
  • Wikipedia: Ejercito Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP)
  • Wikipedia: Montoneros
  • CNN: Mothers of Plaza de Mayo & the "Dirty War" (1998)
• Bolivia
  • Guardian Limited: Hugo Banzer profile (2002)
  • Library of Congress: The Banzer Regime
  • Wikipedia: Juan Jose Torres
  • Wikipedia: Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR)
• Chile
  • COHA: Pinochet’s and the Chilean Military’s Tarnished Legacy (2004)
  • Los Angeles Times: Operation Condor and Pinochet (1998)
  • Remember Chile: Manuel Contreras & the Birth of DINA
  • Wikipedia: Augusto Pinochet
  • Wikipedia: Manuel Contreras
  • Wikipedia: Raul Iturriaga
  • Wikipedia: Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR)
  • FAS.org: "Para-State Adversaries" (left-wing terrorist groups)
• Paraguay
  • New York Times: Stroessner, Paraguay’s Enduring Dictator, Dies (2006)
  • COHA: Death of General Alfredo Stroessner (2006)
  • BBC: Paraguay's Archive of Terror (2002)
  • UNESCO: Democracy in the Light of Dictatorship (2000)
• Uruguay
  • COHA: Keeping the Military in Check (2006)
  • COHA: Uruguay Confronts its Violent Past (2005)
  • Human Rights Watch: Ex-President Faces Prosecution for Military-Era Abuses (2005)
  • Wikipedia: Tupamaros
  • Wikipedia: Hugo Campos Hermida
• United States
  • New Internationalist: Henry Kissinger (2002)
  • New America Media: C.I.A. Knew About Latin Terror Plan for Paris (2002)
  • Official Site: State Department Memo about Operation Condor (1976)   (200 Kbs.)
  • Official Site: State Department Memo about South American Security Bloc (1977)   (828 Kbs.)
  • National Security Archive: FBI Memo on Operation Condor (1977)
  • Z Magazine: The Condor Case (2007)
  • NameBase: Operation Condor: Ask the DEA

Operation Condor Maps and Media

• NPR: Terry Gross Interview of Operation Condor book author (Time: 25:08)
• Link TV: Investigating Operation Condor (Time: 5:15)
• Google Video: 30 Years: Families Struggle for Justice (Time: 7:15)
• Google Video: Truth, Justice & Reconciliation forum (Time: 1:14:52)
• IPS: Disturbing Exhibit Combines Technology, Human Rights, Art (2006)
• CIA World Fact Book: Map of South America
• The Vanished: Map of Argentina Secret Detention Centers, 1976-83

Operation Condor Books and Research

• Human Rights in Latin America: Sources on "Plan Condor"
• John Dinges: Operation Condor  
• Transnational institute: Operation Condor links
• National Security Archive: Documents about Operation Condor and Chilean dictator Pinochet
• Transnational Institute: The Hinchey Report: C.I.A. Activities in Chile
• NameBase: Operation Condor Documents
• La Tercera: La Operación Cóndor  

Operation Condor Blogs and Message Boards

• Alex Constantine's Blacklist blog: Operation Condor, 9/11/1973 & 2001
• Media Monarchy blog: Kissinger's Extradition Sought over Operation Condor
• Atlantic Free Press blog: Returning to the Scene of a Crime - Chile Over 30 Years Later
• SqlSpace Breaking Political News: Documents Confirm US Involvement in South American Horror
• Sourcewatch wiki: Plan Condor

Operation Condor Criticism

• FLACSO Chile: Blowback of a Criminal Alliance: The Condor Investigations   (262 Kbs.) (2003)
• Crimes of War: Operation Condor: Deciphering the U.S. Role (2001)
• World Socialist Web Site: Operation Condor: US holds key evidence against Pinochet (1998)
• Harvard Univ.: Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs: Kissinger, Pinochet & Operation Condor   (847 Kbs.)
• The Nation: The Maxwell Affair (2004)
• Green Left Weekly: Villa Grimaldi: A Symbol of Pain Transformed (2003)
• Third World Traveler: Operation Condor
• Dissident Voice: Coming Soon to the U.S.? Plan Condor, the Sequel (2003)