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The United States' Janus-Faced Approach to Operation Condor: Implications for the Southern Cone in 1976
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Supervised Undergraduate Student Research Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects and Creative Work Spring 5-2008 The United States' Janus-Faced Approach to Operation Condor: Implications for the Southern Cone in 1976 Emily R. Steffan University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj Recommended Citation Steffan, Emily R., "The United States' Janus-Faced Approach to Operation Condor: Implications for the Southern Cone in 1976" (2008). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/1235 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Supervised Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Work at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Emily Steffan The United States' Janus-Faced Approach To Operation Condor: Implications For The Southern Cone in 1976 Emily Steffan Honors Senior Project 5 May 2008 1 Martin Almada, a prominent educator and outspoken critic of the repressive regime of President Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay, was arrested at his home in 1974 by the Paraguayan secret police and disappeared for the next three years. He was charged with being a "terrorist" and a communist sympathizer and was brutally tortured and imprisoned in a concentration camp.l During one of his most brutal torture sessions, his torturers telephoned his 33-year-old wife and made her listen to her husband's agonizing screams. -
Power, Coercion, Legitimacy and the Press in Pinochet's Chile a Dissertation Presented to the Faculty Of
Writing the Opposition: Power, Coercion, Legitimacy and the Press in Pinochet's Chile A dissertation presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Brad T. Eidahl December 2017 © 2017 Brad T. Eidahl. All Rights Reserved. 2 This dissertation titled Writing the Opposition: Power, Coercion, Legitimacy and the Press in Pinochet's Chile by BRAD T. EIDAHL has been approved for the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences by Patrick M. Barr-Melej Professor of History Robert Frank Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 ABSTRACT EIDAHL, BRAD T., Ph.D., December 2017, History Writing the Opposition: Power, Coercion, Legitimacy and the Press in Pinochet's Chile Director of Dissertation: Patrick M. Barr-Melej This dissertation examines the struggle between Chile’s opposition press and the dictatorial regime of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (1973-1990). It argues that due to Chile’s tradition of a pluralistic press and other factors, and in bids to strengthen the regime’s legitimacy, Pinochet and his top officials periodically demonstrated considerable flexibility in terms of the opposition media’s ability to publish and distribute its products. However, the regime, when sensing that its grip on power was slipping, reverted to repressive measures in its dealings with opposition-media outlets. Meanwhile, opposition journalists challenged the very legitimacy Pinochet sought and further widened the scope of acceptable opposition under difficult circumstances. Ultimately, such resistance contributed to Pinochet’s defeat in the 1988 plebiscite, initiating the return of democracy. -
Strange Bedfellows at the End of the Cold War: the Letelier Assassination, Human Rights, and State Sovereignty.”
H-Diplo H-Diplo Article Review 893 on “Strange Bedfellows at the End of the Cold War: the Letelier Assassination, Human Rights, and State Sovereignty.” Discussion published by George Fujii on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 H-Diplo Article Review No. 893 29 October 2019 Article Review Editors: Diane Labrosse and Seth Offenbach Production Editor: George Fujii Alan McPherson. “Strange Bedfellows at the End of the Cold War: the Letelier Assassination, Human Rights, and State Sovereignty.” Cold War History (1 April 2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2019.1583212. URL: https://hdiplo.org/to/AR893 Review by Stephen G. Rabe, University of Oregon Over the past two decades, Alan McPherson, the Thomas J. Freaney, Jr. Professor of History at Temple University, has established himself as a preeminent scholar of inter-American relations. He has written or edited eleven books in the field. His most notable achievement has been his award- winning study, The Invaded: How Latin Americans and their Allies Fought and Ended U.S. Occupations (2014).[1] McPherson, who is fluent in Spanish and French, conducted multi-archival research in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States and read a variety of Latin American newspapers, including those from Haiti. His forthcoming book is Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State to Justice, which will be published by the University of North Carolina Press. The article under review here explores themes that are fully developed in the book. As in McPherson’s previous articles and books, this article demonstrates the author’s command of the published scholarly literature and his willingness to conduct multi-archival research. -
Noticias 03 Rev
NOTICIAS LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM NEWSLETTER FALL 2003 Brazil-U.S. Relations n June 4, 2003, Brazil @ The Wilson Diplomatic Relations in Regional and Center, in conjunction with the International Contexts.” OBrazilian Embassy in Washington and An opening panel discussed U.S.-Brazil the Brazil Information Center, hosted an all day relations in historical perspective, focusing on seminar on “Brazil and the United States in a major developmental influences within the Changing World: Political, Economic, and context of long-term socio-historical change. Noting past encounters with state nationalism, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil and Brookings Institution scholar Lincoln Gordon warned of the hazards of what he called “unhealthy and negative nationalism” in Brazil. Despite publicized fears of anti-U.S. sentiment in Brazil, however, he argued that current bilateral relations are quite healthy. Moreover, he indicated that bilateral trade dis- putes, which have characterized relations in recent months, are indicative of a healthy bilateral relationship insomuch as they are out- growths of democratic state discourse in a globalized age. Presenting an alternative view, Paulo Roberto de Almeida of the Brazilian Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development Embassy detailed the development of today’s Brazil-U.S. Relations 1-3 Argentina @ the Wilson Center 17-20 Democratic Security in Colombia 3-4 Political Crisis and the Threat to Democratic Governance 20-21 Argentina-United States Bilateral Relations: An Historical 4-6 Brazilian Environmental Policy -
US Foreign Policy During the Nixon and Ford Administrations
DePaul University Via Sapientiae College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 3-2012 US Foreign Policy During the Nixon and Ford Administrations Rachael S. Murdock DePaul University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd Recommended Citation Murdock, Rachael S., "US Foreign Policy During the Nixon and Ford Administrations" (2012). College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 115. https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd/115 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact [email protected]. US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD CHILE DURING THE NIXON AND FORD ADMINISTRATIONS A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts March 2012 BY Rachael Murdock Department of International Studies College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences DePaul University Chicago, IL i DEDICATION To my family, whose encouragement and support were essential to the completion of this project. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A very hearty thanks to my thesis advisor, Dr. Rose Spalding, Professor of Political Science at DePaul University. Her patience, guidance, encouragement, insight as she mentored me through the thesis process were indispensible. Great thanks also to Dr. Patrick Callahan, Professor of Political Science at DePaul. He provided vital insight and guidance in developing Chapter Two of this thesis and offered excellent input on later drafts of both Chapters One and Two. -
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Vol. 7(4), pp. 164-171, July 2013 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR10.037 African Journal of Political Science and ISSN 1996-0832 © 2013 Academic Journals International Relations http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM Review Torture, capitalism, and the new white man’s burden Wesley C. Kraft-Davis Florida State University, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected] Accepted 14 April, 2011 The not so recent distribution of the Abu Ghraib photos throughout the United States and the world brought forth the detection of a practice that is commonly used by the U.S. and its “satellite states.” For the mainstream U.S. American public, it was a shocking and horrifying discovery. For others, such as Carlos Mauricio who “had flashbacks when he saw the guy with the hood (at Abu Ghraib),” the photos were a terrible reminder of a “counter terrorism” practice that is implemented to subdue “communist/terrorist insurgents.” Following the publication of the Abu Ghraib photos, U.S. representatives, with the help of the media, “manufactured consent” by dismissing the photos as “not representing America” and blaming the atrocious acts committed within the photos on a “few bad apples”.` There are those who were not fooled, as well as others who would like to know how we, as a society, can end this dreadful practice. This piece will expose some ideas that may, in fact, contribute to ending the practice of torture by the United States. It will analyze and critique institutions and ideologies, such as racism and capitalism that are so fundamental to the U.S. -
Latin American Program Newsletter. Spring 2004
NOTICIAS LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM NEWSLETTER SPRING 2004 Conflict and Peace in Colombia n September 22, 2003, the Latin American Program, the Fundación OIdeas para la Paz in Bogotá, and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies of the University of Notre Dame sponsored a confer- ence in Washington on “Conflict and Peace in Colombia: Consequences and Perspectives for the Future.” The objective was to evaluate the political, economic, and military policies set in motion during the first year of President Álvaro Uribe’s administration, the social and humani- tarian consequences of the conflict, as well as long-term strategies for achieving peace. In a keynote address, Alto Comisionado para la Paz Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez reiterated the government’s commitment to “democratic secu- rity,” based on the strengthening of democratic Clockwise from top left: Rodrigo Pardo, Édgar Forero, Pilar Gaitán, Carl Meacham, and High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos authority and the establishment of the rule of Restrepo Ramírez law throughout the national territory. He under- scored President Uribe’s willingness to seek the group’s eventual demobilization and disarma- peace with all armed actors, within the frame- ment. He also said that the government remains work of the law, Colombia’s Constitution, and committed to a process of dialogue with the international treaties to which Colombia was guerrillas of ELN, which unilaterally suspended party. Restrepo refered to the government’s talks in December 2002. request to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi -
Sleight of Hand: Violence As Performance and the Spectacle of Absence in the Southern Cone
Sleight of Hand: Violence as Performance and the Spectacle of Absence in the Southern Cone Item Type text; Electronic Thesis Authors Barefoot, James Collin Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 24/09/2021 20:39:47 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/560936 SLEIGHT OF HAND: VIOLENCE AS PERFORMANCE AND THE SPECTACLE OF ABSENCE IN THE SOUTHERN CONE by James Barefoot ____________________________ Copyright © James Barefoot 2015 A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2015 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without special permission, provided that an accurate acknowledgement of the source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. SIGNED: James Barefoot APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTOR This thesis has been approved on the date shown below: May 7, 2015_____ Jadwiga Pieper Mooney Date Professor of History 2 Acknowledgements My name is listed as the author of this work, but I had plenty of help along the way. -
UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title The Public History of a Concentration Camp: Historical Tales of Tragedy and Hope at the National Stadium of Chile Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7hb9q786 Author McKiernan, Zachary Daniel Publication Date 2014 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara The Public History of a Concentration Camp: Historical Tales of Tragedy and Hope at the National Stadium of Chile A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in History by Zachary D. McKiernan Committee in charge: Professor Randolph Bergstrom, Chair Professor Harold Marcuse Professor Cecilia Méndez Professor John Foran September 2014 The dissertation of Zachary D. McKiernan is approved. _____________________________________________ John Foran _____________________________________________ Cecilia Méndez _____________________________________________ Harold Marcuse _____________________________________________ Randolph Bergstrom, Committee Chair July 2014 VITA OF ZACHARY D. MCKIERNAN July 2014 EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in History, Loyola University Chicago, May 2006 (summa cum laude) Masters of Arts in Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 2008 Doctor of Philosophy in Public History, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 2014 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 1996-2002: Second Class Petty Officer, -
Argentina-United States Bilateral Relations
ARGENTINA-UNITED STATES BILATERAL RELATIONS Edited by Cynthia J. Arnson Carlos Osorio Carlos Sersale di Cerisano Kathryn Sikkink F.A. “Tex” Harris John Dinges María José Guembe Cynthia J. Arnson Juan Gabriel Tokatlián Mark Falcoff Beatríz Nofal Joseph S. Tulchin ©2003 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. www.wilsoncenter.org Cover images (clockwise from top left): Presidents Carlos Saúl Menem and Bill Clinton, Washington, D.C., June 1993, ©Jeffrey Markowitz/Corbis Sygma; The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, mothers of the "disappeared," demonstrate in Buenos Aires, August 2003, ©Horacio Villalobos/Corbis; Workers protesting government-imposed economic austerity measures, Buenos Aires, December 2001, ©AFP/CORBIS Latin American Program Cold War International History Project ARGENTINA-UNITED STATES BILATERAL RELATIONS An Historical Perspective And Future Challenges Edited by Cynthia J. Arnson Carlos Osorio Carlos Sersale di Cerisano Kathryn Sikkink F.A. “Tex” Harris John Dinges María José Guembe Cynthia J. Arnson Juan Gabriel Tokatlián Mark Falcoff Beatríz Nofal Joseph S. Tulchin WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS LEE H. HAMILTON, DIRECTOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Chair; David A. Metzner, Vice Chair. Public Members: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; John W. Carlin, Archivist of the United States; Bruce Cole, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities; Roderick R. Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Colin L. Powell, Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Lawrence M. Small, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Private Citizen Members: Joseph A. Cari, Jr., Carol Cartwright, Donald E. Garcia, Bruce S. Gelb, Daniel L. -
Decolonial Temporality in Alfredo Jaar's the Kissinger Project
Decolonial Temporality in Alfredo Jaar's The Kissinger Project Florencia San Martín ASAP/Journal, Volume 4, Number 2, May 2019, pp. 345-376 (Article) Published by Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/asa.2019.0032 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/731643 Access provided at 27 Aug 2019 05:18 GMT from Rutgers University Florencia San Martín DECOLONIAL TEMPORALITY IN ALFREDO JAAR’S THE KISSINGER PROJECT From Heraclitus to Karl von Clausewitz and Henry Kissinger, “war is the origin of everything.” —Enrique Dussel1 n 1984, two years afer moving from Chile to New York, ALFREDO JAAR (b. Santiago, Chile, 1956) created Searching for K, an archive I made out of appropriated pages of books. Compiled of photographic reproductions and their corresponding captions from the frst two FLORENCIA SAN MARTÍN holds a Ph.D. in Art History from Rutgers University. Her research has been supported by volumes of Henry Kissinger’s memoirs (pub- the Patricia and Phillip Frost Fellowship at the Smithsonian lished separately in 1979 and 1982), Searching American Art Museum, the Louis Bevier Dissertation for K exposes a twofold political, historical, and Completion Fellowship from Rutgers, Rutgers’ Center for the 2 Critical Analysis, and the Chilean Commission for Scientifc cultural phenomenon. On the one hand, it and Technological Research (CONICYT). Florencia is the makes visible Kissinger’s central role during his New York Editor of Art Nexus, and is currently co-editing tenure as U.S. National Security Advisor and with Dr. Tatiana E. Flores a special issue on Contemporary Latin American Art for Arts, a peer-reviewed open access Secretary of State under Presidents Richard journal published by MDP. -
2006 Annual Report
The National Security Archive The George Washington University Phone: 202/994-7000 Gelman Library, Suite 701 Fax: 202/994-7005 2130 H Street, N.W. www.nsarchive.org Washington, D.C. 20037 [email protected] Annual Report for 2006 The following statistics provide a performance index of the Archive’s work in 2006: ♦ Freedom of Information and declassification requests filed – 2,233 ♦ Freedom of Information and declassification appeals filed – 549 ♦ Pages of U.S. government documents released as the result of Archive requests – 89,153, including such newsmaking revelations as the unjustifiable reclassification of the long-public numbers of U.S. strategic bombers and missiles deployed during the 1960s and 1970s; documents that reveal that the Nixon administration came to a nuclear understanding with Golda Meir and ended American pressure for Israel to end its nuclear program; a declassified After Action report from the April 1999 Desert Crossing war games concluding that an invasion and post-war administration of Iraq would require 400,000 troops to stabilize the country following the removal of Saddam Hussein; and Veterans Administration reports indicate 1 in 4 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are filing disability claims. ♦ Pages of declassified documents delivered to publisher – 8,386, in one reference collection: U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction: From World War II to Iraq (Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information & Learning/ Chadwyck-Healey, 2006) ♦ Books published by Archive staff and fellows–6 From Solidarity to Martial Law: The Polish Crisis of 1980-1981 by Andrzej Paczkowski and Malcolm Byrne (Budapest, Hungary: Central European University Press, 2006, 548 pp.); Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea by Jeffrey T.