Programs: XL Reports, 02 November, 2009

Investigating Operation Condor

In the name of “the struggle against terrorism,” a special operation – codenamed “Condor” – was conducted in the seventies and eighties in South America. It targeted left wing political dissidents, organized labor and intellectuals. Condor soon became a network of military dictatorships, supported by the US State Department, the CIA and Interpol.

This film by Rodrigo Vazquez, a young Argentinean director, tells that story by following several victims of Operation Condor fighting for the truth, and by meeting key members of the Condor network themselves who, after the 9/11 attacks, openly claim to being pioneers of the current fight against “international terrorism”.