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category: "Country"
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tags:
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- geography
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- south-america
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- contra-war
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summary: Chile was the South American nation where CIA Deputy Director William Nelson ran the agency's controversial destabilization program that overthrew President Salvador Allende in 1973.
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Chile was the [[South America]]n nation where [[Central Intelligence Agency]] Deputy Director of Operations [[William Colby|Bill Nelson's superior]] ran the agency's controversial destabilization program that culminated in the overthrow and murder of elected President [[Salvador Allende]] in 1973. Nelson oversaw this operation during his tenure at the CIA.[^1]
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### CIA Operations
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The CIA's Chile program became a template for later covert operations in [[Central America]], including the Contra war. The methods developed in Chile, including the use of propaganda, economic warfare, and support for opposition groups, were applied on a larger scale in Nicaragua. The Chile operation demonstrated the CIA's willingness to undermine democratic governments in pursuit of U.S. foreign policy objectives, a pattern that continued through the Contra era and the protection of drug trafficking assets.[^2]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 9.
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[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 9.
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