US Covert Operations In Chile 1963-1974
US Covert Operations in Chile 1963-1974 “Unconditional Surrender! There is nothing to negotiate! Unconditional Surrender!” This is what General Augusto Pinochet relayed to Admiral Patricio Carvajal on the morning of September 11, 1973 as they communicated over the willingness of Allende to negotiate, but the general will hear nothing of it.
That same morning a Chilean Air Force plane flew over the skies of La Moneda, presidential palace of Santiago, Chile and bombed it. Inside Salvador Allende, the first Marxist-Socialist chief of state ever elected in a democratic country via free vote three years earlier . Rather than surrender to a military coup, Allende commits suicide . Many reasons exist as to why the Chilean military decided to overthrow a democratic government. Some attribute it to the United …show more content…
In Harvest of Empire, some strong claims are made not necessarily only on Chile, but Latin America as a whole. The intrusion of the United States emerging from “wherever social democratic and radical leftist regimes came to power and threatened the business climate for US companies, Washington responded by backing right-wing opponents to overthrow them.” This is exactly what happened in Chile, backing right wing Christian Democrats and funneling millions of dollars with covert operations as a means to keep control and seeking their national interests. Furthermore he concludes that changes to American national policy is crucial for the new century “end US militarism in Latin America from secret wars of the CIA…US military has always sought to dictate affairs in Latin America, propping up unpopular leaders r simply spurring sales to local governments.” This strong compelling argument is one that hopefully was learned from the declassification of documents that revealed the massive ongoing
That same morning a Chilean Air Force plane flew over the skies of La Moneda, presidential palace of Santiago, Chile and bombed it. Inside Salvador Allende, the first Marxist-Socialist chief of state ever elected in a democratic country via free vote three years earlier . Rather than surrender to a military coup, Allende commits suicide . Many reasons exist as to why the Chilean military decided to overthrow a democratic government. Some attribute it to the United …show more content…
In Harvest of Empire, some strong claims are made not necessarily only on Chile, but Latin America as a whole. The intrusion of the United States emerging from “wherever social democratic and radical leftist regimes came to power and threatened the business climate for US companies, Washington responded by backing right-wing opponents to overthrow them.” This is exactly what happened in Chile, backing right wing Christian Democrats and funneling millions of dollars with covert operations as a means to keep control and seeking their national interests. Furthermore he concludes that changes to American national policy is crucial for the new century “end US militarism in Latin America from secret wars of the CIA…US military has always sought to dictate affairs in Latin America, propping up unpopular leaders r simply spurring sales to local governments.” This strong compelling argument is one that hopefully was learned from the declassification of documents that revealed the massive ongoing