EL PLAN CONDOR - the coup in Argentina, translated excerpts
Setting the stage for Operation Condor, in Argentina: In mid 1965, General Juan Carlos Ongania, unhappy with President Artura Humberto Illia, who refused to send troops in support a US invasion of Santo Domingo asked him to resign and began the task of preparing a coup. Noteworthy supporter of the supporters of the coup included:
Álvaro Alsogaray, Mario Amadeo, Nicanor Costa Méndez,José Alonso, Augusto Timoteo Vandor, Pascual Pistarini, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Roberto M.Levingston, Luis Prémoli, Eduardo Señorans, Francisco Imaz, Enrique Martínez Paz, Arturo Frondizi, Mariano Grondona, Bernardo Neustadt,
Jorge Luis Borges, (the famous author)
Ernesto Sábato, Antonio Caggiano, Ricardo Balbín, Bernardo Houssay, Jorge Salimei, José María Dagnino Pastore, Carlos J. Rosas, Isaac Rojas, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Gregorio Pérez Companc, Saturnino Montero Ruiz, Guillermo Patricio Kelly, Francisco Manrique, Arturo Mor Roig, Jorge Esteban Cáceres Monié, Oscar Alende, Aldo Ferrer, José Enrique Miguens, Antonio Caggiano, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Jorge Rafael Videla, los dos Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (tío y sobrino), Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Adalbert Krieger Vasena, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Constancio C. Vigil, Américo Ghioldi and Rogelio Frigerio.
La Nacion, La Prensa and La Razon, the Daily Clarin along with the major TV channels joined the campiagn in favor of the coup to oust Illia.
Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Umberto_Illia
... adds:
"... the military coup took place on June 28, 1966. General Alsogaray presented himself in Illia's office that day, at 5:00 a.m, and 'invited' him to resign his post. Illia refused to do so at first, citing his role as Commander-in-Chief, but at 7:20, after seeing his office invaded by military officers and policemen with grenade launchers, he was forced step down. The next day, General Juan Carlos Onganía became the new Argentine President.
This was only the foundation for what would become the "Dirty War" of the following decade:
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indyradio.xyz has the archives and the linked text provides excellent background for new revelations in the #panamapapers
Here are a couple of links from the last few hours. Note they're not from the "news sources" mentioned in the attached book - which were supporters of each military coup related to Plan Condor.
(1) http://ciperchile.cl/2016/04/04/the-panama-papers-los-secretos-de-chilenos-en-paraisos-fiscales-salen-a-la-luz/
-- a particularly good link, makes the connection between Pepsico, the CIA, and front companies created by Mossack Fonseca, combining the recent leak with some recently declassified US docs and information that's been known in Chile, though concealed in the US.
The history of Panamanian shell companies is traced prior to the creation of the Mossack Fonseca firm - "Ovalle in 1976 , along with his partner Raymond Langlois Vicuña (both lawyers) , created the first of a number of companies with the head of the Financial Department of the DINA , Olavarria Humberto Aranguren , former Navy officer and friend of Manuel Contreras." Look up Contreras if you're not familiar with Condor. I just read the section at CIA dot gov, they remain attached to their old lies.What will you find wrong with this story? https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/chile/#7
(2) http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2016/04/04/agustin-edwards-hernan-buchi-y-el-presidente-de-chile-transparente-entre-los-chilenos-vinculados-a-los-papeles-de-panama/
looks promising,with information from the #panamapapers trove that has not yet been translated to English
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