Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists across South America

“Let's say there were 7,000 or 8,000 people who had to die to win the war against subversion... We couldn't execute them by firing squad. Neither could we take them to court... For that reason, so as not to provoke protests inside and outside the country, the decision was reached that these people should be disappeared.” - General Jorge Rafael Videla

For much of the 20th century, South American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indig...