Operation Condor
Can coordinated state terror be hidden behind Cold War security?
4.4 (15)
52 mins
Discover how Operation Condor was a coordinated campaign by right-wing regimes across the Southern Cone that used surveillance, abduction, torture, and assassination to silence opponents, with U.S. agencies aware of and linked to the network.
Ep 1:
The Birth of a Predator
Trace Operation Condor's chilling origins, from Cold War paranoia and CIA-backed military coups to the secret 1975 Santiago meeting where six dictatorships forged a transnational terror alliance.
Ep 2:
Three Phases of Terror
Discover the terrifying three-phase blueprint behind Condor's machinery of death—surveillance, covert abduction, and international assassination—and the staggering human toll it left across South America.
Ep 3:
Hunting Across Borders
Follow harrowing cases of exiles hunted across borders by coordinated death squads, and uncover shocking evidence of direct U.S. involvement in Condor's abductions and interrogations.
Ep 4:
Blood on Embassy Row
Relive the brazen 1976 car bombing that killed Orlando Letelier in Washington D.C., and the 1992 discovery of Paraguay's Archives of Terror that finally exposed Condor's crimes.
Ep 5:
The Global Reach of Condor
Journey from Rome to Buenos Aires as Condor's assassins strike worldwide, then dive into Argentina's Dirty War, where thousands vanished and mothers refused to stay silent.
Ep 6:
Dictators, Death Squads, and Washington
Uncover Brazil's buried complicity, Pinochet's central role in global terror networks, and how Reagan-era Washington resurrected Condor's methods for Central America's death squads.
Ep 7:
The Long Shadow of Condor
As Condor's formal reign ends, its perpetrators evade justice while its dark legacy—and unanswered questions about democracy and complicity—continues to haunt the present.
Discussions (10)
Joyce
Level 7 · 7 mo agoUS knew everything. Declassified docs prove it.
Fred
Level 4 · 7 mo agoYeah Pinochet used to carry Letelier's briefcase before killing him. That betrayal is chilling. Talk about a toxic friend. Never trust your coworkers.
Declan
Level 6 · 7 mo agoReal life Team Rocket lol
