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CIA:s guide till hur man störtar en statschef - Om CIA:s operationer i Chile 1963-1973

Åhsberg, Fredrik LU (2012) MRSG20 20121
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
September 11th 1973 a coup d’état was taking its place in Santiago, Chile. The coup did not only lead to the death of the socialist, demo-cratically elected president Salvador Allende, it was also the start of a new, dictatorial era in Chile. The commander-in-chief, Augusto Pino-chet, was now the new president dictator of Chile, whose 17-year-old reign of terror led to deaths, disappearances and torture of the opposi-tion. It has come to the world’s knowledge that CIA, the United States intelligence service, was involved in the events and the planning that led to the September 11th catastrophe which resulted in thousands of Chileans deaths and migration. In my essay I have tried to understand if there did exist any moral or judicial border... (More)
September 11th 1973 a coup d’état was taking its place in Santiago, Chile. The coup did not only lead to the death of the socialist, demo-cratically elected president Salvador Allende, it was also the start of a new, dictatorial era in Chile. The commander-in-chief, Augusto Pino-chet, was now the new president dictator of Chile, whose 17-year-old reign of terror led to deaths, disappearances and torture of the opposi-tion. It has come to the world’s knowledge that CIA, the United States intelligence service, was involved in the events and the planning that led to the September 11th catastrophe which resulted in thousands of Chileans deaths and migration. In my essay I have tried to understand if there did exist any moral or judicial border that the CIA could and would not cross, or did they actually have free hands to do whatever they wanted to reach their goals. (Less)
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author
Åhsberg, Fredrik LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20121
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Intelligence service, USA, CIA, Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Salvador Allende, mänskliga rättigheter, human rights
language
Swedish
id
2545248
date added to LUP
2012-09-25 13:46:22
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:39
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  abstract     = {{September 11th 1973 a coup d’état was taking its place in Santiago, Chile. The coup did not only lead to the death of the socialist, demo-cratically elected president Salvador Allende, it was also the start of a new, dictatorial era in Chile. The commander-in-chief, Augusto Pino-chet, was now the new president dictator of Chile, whose 17-year-old reign of terror led to deaths, disappearances and torture of the opposi-tion. It has come to the world’s knowledge that CIA, the United States intelligence service, was involved in the events and the planning that led to the September 11th catastrophe which resulted in thousands of Chileans deaths and migration. In my essay I have tried to understand if there did exist any moral or judicial border that the CIA could and would not cross, or did they actually have free hands to do whatever they wanted to reach their goals.}},
  author       = {{Åhsberg, Fredrik}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{CIA:s guide till hur man störtar en statschef - Om CIA:s operationer i Chile 1963-1973}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}