09/17/2026
Operation Condor was a cooperation agreement between the military dictatorships of the Southern Cone of Latin America to share intelligence, training, and security resources in order to crush a perceived Marxist threat in the region.
It was proceeded by U.S. backed coups in Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Chile from 1954 to 1973. The coup plot that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile was 75 percent funded by the cia per a U.S. Senate investigation. In 1975 the chief of his secret police invited intelligence officers from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay to plan what would become Operation Condor.
Between 100,000 and 150,000 leftists were imprisoned during the operation; and by some estimates, 60,000 were killed. Even before the 1976 military coup in Argentina, political refugees in the country were targeted by Condor. Many were thrown into the ocean from helicopters and airplanes. It was a campaign of terror against the working class for the benefit of international capital and the local, wealthy elite.
In most of these countries, Neoliberal policies were implemented to bring about an upward migration of wealth. Many state industries were privatized and social programs slashed.
• Chile: 45 percent of the population were in poverty and the rich were 83 percent wealthier.
• Uruguay: real wages dropped by 28 percent.
• Argentina: real wages dropped by 40 percent.
Where do people go when economic conditions become unbearable at home? Global north countries, like the United States. The Trump Administration has framed them for the economic problems his class created here, and now ICE is hunting them for sport. The Brown County Sheriff is an eager collaborator.
U.S. out of South America!
End 287g ICE cooperation now!
