the total of #OperationCondor victims peddled by APNews as supposedly official and approved by UNESCO are bullshit: we know the American oligarchy had been funding military coups since forever in Latin America. that’s why we consider La Era de las Juntas (1950s-1980s), La Era de Guerras Sucias (1960s-1980s) and #PlanCondor (1975-1983) as one and the same.

that’s why Argentina alone, has accounted for more than 30,000 victims of this USA-funded #politicalViolence:
https://www.history.com/articles/mothers-plaza-de-mayo-disappeared-children-dirty-war-argentina

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HISTORY

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HISTORY

in 2012 a treasure trove of Plan Cóndor related papers was discovered in Paraguay:

❝ How Paraguay's 'Archive of Terror' put Operation Condor in focus - BBC News - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20774985

700,000 documents were discovered and made public, as the most complete archive of the network of state-sponsored, USA-funded terrorism against civilians of all kinds, not just political activists.

that’s why the numbers of victims is closer to 100,000 across the region; INCLUDING PUERTO RICO

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How Paraguay's 'Archive of Terror' put Operation Condor in focus

The discovery of 700,000 secret police documents in a run-down Paraguayan police station lifted the lid on an era of torture in South America.

BBC News

El Caso Cerro Maravilla ―the lynching of two activists, one of whom was the son of my Spanish literature professor at the University of Puerto Rico― should be looked at as part of that #politicalViolence continuum:

❝ Cerro Maravilla murders
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Maravilla_murders

USA has a long history of keeping political “credit reports” on Puerto Ricans:

Las carpetas: Persecución política en Puerto Rico
https://uprrp.libguides.com/carpetaspoliticas

Carpetas Negras were the template for Plan Condor surveillance databases

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Cerro Maravilla murders - Wikipedia

which brings me to that “endpoint” to Plan Condor: 1983

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983

i believe it was “ended” because it was wildly succesful. it was 3 years after the successful “soft coup” against Jimmy Carter and with the help of the #OPEC #petromafia cartel. it was also 4 years before the world knew of the #IranContra scandal and the role of the corporatist cadre of the #GOP #Republican Party as a shadow government behind the USA oligarchy’s #DirtyWars :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

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1983 - Wikipedia

which finally brings me to September 11, 2001… well, not really. let’s fast-forward to 2016:

❝ Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.❞

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-warns-ofeconomic-fallout-if-congress-passes-9-11-bill.html

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Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill

The kingdom has bristled over a bill that would allow its government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11 attacks.

The New York Times

can’t find the article that claimed that the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz allegedly threatened an economic September 11 with a fire sale of USA assets “in the hundreds of BILLIONS” if Congress made the Saudi government liable for the bombings; opening the doors for family members of the dead to sue them for reparations.

i did find an article speculating about the extent of the damage:

❝ Saudi Arabia and 9-11: Could Fallout Trigger an American Debt Crisis? https://fortune.com/2016/04/19/could-saudi-arabia-trigger-an-american-debt-crisis/

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Could Saudi Arabia Trigger an American Debt Crisis?

Saudi finance minister Adel al-Jubeir threatened to sell of U.S. debt if the Senate passes a law enabling Saudis to be found liable for 9-11

Fortune

i don’t think it’s a coincidence the heir apparent to Abdulaziz went on a whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley about a year after his granddad threatened Obama. Saudis have a long history of manufacturing puppet oligarchies.

September 11 1973 and September 11 2001 are expressions of the same capitalist #politicalViolence. how are they different? whereas 1973 was the USA oligarchy flexing their fascist muscles; 2001 was a reminder to that oligarchy of who they work for:

the Saudis.

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PS: cannot believe the introductory post to this thread never went thru; so here’s the TL;DR:

make sure you read today about #OperationCondor
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor

even though it’s official beginning is in 1975, i put it squarely where it belongs: with the bombing of #Chile’s La Moneda and the assassination of Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973:

❝Chile coup 50 years later: The U.S. role and its unintended consequences : NPR - https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1193755188/chile-coup-50-years-pinochet-kissinger-human-rights-allende

continued:
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115187339867144627

Operation Condor - Wikipedia