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Abstract / Summary

This case study, created for the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, addresses the practical and ethical questions that underlie U.S. decisions about intervening secretly in the politics of foreign countries. It focuses on the 1970 presidential election in Chile and the internal debate that led the Nixon administration to work behind the scenes to defeat the candidacy of Salvador Allende, a self-proclaimed Marxist. When Allende was elected, Washington stepped up efforts to cripple his government, which indirectly paved the way for General Augusto Pinochet’s September 1973 military coup.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Author

Gregory F. Treverton, 1947-

Publisher

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 1990 The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Content Type

Case study

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

16

Publication Year

1990

Publisher

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Place Published / Released

District of Columbia

Series Number

Case 157

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Violence and Repression, Individual and Groups Rights, Chile - Pinochet Regime (1973-1990), Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Eduardo Frei Montalva, 1911-1982, Edward M. Korry, 1922-2003, Salvador Allende, 1908-1973, United States, Chile, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Series / Program

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Case Study Program

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos