Counterterror Wars and Human Rights: From Operation Condor to the Present
In spring 2009 explosive new documentation appeared of the George W. Bush administration’s authorization of harsh and degrading methods in ...
U.S. Deepens Involvement in Colombia’s Internal War
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On July 23, a U.S. military surveillance plane crashed in Colombia with five U.S. soldiers and two Colombians aboard, ...
Cross-Border Terrorism: Operation Condor
Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who requested the arrest of Pinochet while he was visiting a London clinic, is spearheading ...
Breaking News: Operation Condor
BRASÍLIA—New investigations are being opened into Operation Condor, the shadowy military network of the Cold War era whose key members ...
Argentina: Dismantling an Authoritarian Legacy
BUENOS AIRES—The new administration of Fernando de la Rúa has taken several important steps to reduce the power of the ...
The Emergence of “Guardian Democracy”
Despite the transitions from direct military rule in Latin America and the emergence of market democracies in nearly every country, ...
Militarizing the Home Front
Militarizing the Home Front The new U.S. doctrine also poses dangers to civil liberties in the United States itself. The ...
Militarizing U.S. Internal Security
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a January 1999 interview that drew little public attention, President Clinton stated that, as part of a major ...
Operation Condor: New Pieces of the Puzzle
New evidence sheds light on links between the U.S. national security apparatus and Operation Condor, the shadowy Latin American military ...