Bbc news americas argentinaus row over cia comment. To coordinate this brutal campaign, argentina, chile and other countries. As the shocking title implies, the acting station chief in venezuela claimed to have received a once in a lifetime tip. Says it has found no link between itself and crack. He tells of illegal drugrunning and twofaced involvement in clandestine deals with noriega and escobar. Jeb bush and the 1986 murder of cia drug smuggler barry seal. The information regarding uruguay on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. Cia, the contras, and the crackcocaine explosion about the role of the cia and. Declassified cia docs say hitler was alive and well in.
For nearly a decade the cia spread crack cocaine in black neighborhoods to fund their proxi nicaraguan contra army. Cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking wikipedia. Cia funnels drugs into poor us neighborhoods rt usa news. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Every cia station maintained subversive control watch list of most important left wing activists. Central intelligence agency to the introduction of crack cocaine into black neighborhoods with drug profits used to fund the ciabacked nicaraguan contra army in the early 1980s.
Newly declassified files including documents from the cia and the us secretary of state reveal details of targets for liquidation during operation condor in argentina, and provide insight into us relations with argentinas former military dictatorship. In october 1998, the cia released a declassified version of hitzs twovolume report, and the cia was cleared of its alleged complicity in the spread of crack cocaine in to the innercities. Conspiracy theorist argues that hitler escaped to argentina. South america argentina central intelligence agency. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia. The cia dropped crack into the inner cities in the 80s. Since the eruption of public protests over the allegation that the cia played a role in promoting crack, ceppos and webb have said that. Little did they know that the cia was using them as pawns in a larger scheme by allowing the more affordable drug to come into their neighborhood.
We do not routinely respond to questions for which answers are found within this web site. The first time the miami herald ever mentioned crack cocaine was april 20, 1986. This is all still going on at an even greater level today in afghanistan and is now hidden in plain view. Americas secret war homeless addicts, crack babies, drivebyshootings, gangs, burglaries, robberies, muggings, black on black youth violence. Congress passed laws that created a 100 to 1 sentencing disparity for the possession or trafficking of crack when compared to. Declassified cia docs say hitler was alive and well in argentina in the 1950s. Black gangs used their profits to buy automatic weapons, sometimes from one of the cia linked drug dealers. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of uruguay 2020 information contained here. Uruguays economy is characterized by an exportoriented agricultural sector, a welleducated work force, and high levels of social spending. Government pushed crack in black hoods for nearly a decade the cia, helped. On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia, and the nicaraguan contra. For nearly a decade the cia spread crack cocaine in. Jun 24, 2011 this is part 4 of a show dave emory and nip tuck did on may 15, 1986.
Cia files reveal us ties with argentina during dirty war. Mar 27, 2018 during the administration of current president mauricio macri argentina s government is starting to crack down on corruption and money laundering. Argentinaus row over cia comment mr taiana said argentina was well prepared to weather the global crisis argentina has summoned the us ambassador in an angry protest against comments by the cia director about the countrys economic problems. A number of writers have alleged that the united states central intelligence agency cia was. During the administration of current president mauricio macri argentinas government is starting to crack down on corruption and money laundering. The cia, the contras, and the crack cocaine explosion by gary webb.
Josh dean is the host of the truecrime podcast the clearing and the author of the taking of k129. This is a list of the localities of argentina of 45,000 to 150,000 inhabitants ordered by amount of population according to the. But the cia so far has refused to release the 600page volume two. The cia, the white house and other agencies of the reagan. Knowledge of drug trafficking and the contras the national security archive obtained the handwritten notebooks of oliver north, the national security council aide who helped run the contra war and other reagan administration covert operations, through a freedom of information act lawsuit filed in 1989. Declassified cia files show that in 1955, an informant boasted about meeting with adolf hitler in colombia, and provided pictures of himself with the fuhrer over 10 years after the fuhrers suicide. Now i did a quick try last night and used fbi to install the.
Argentine foreign minister jorge taiana described the remarks by leon panetta as an unacceptable interference in argentinas internal affairs. A site composed out of some three compactwalled lookouts and suspected to be a nazi hideaway was discovered by a team from the university of buenos aires deep within the forest of argentina recently. Most of the documents are unsolicited tips and hunches sent in by eagleeyed citizens, including gems like this. Proves beyond a shadow of a doubt how the war on drugs is a farce just like everything else the government has a war on. Big medias contracocaine coverup common dreams views.
This gave rise to gangs, tore black neighborhoods apart, and contributed to the massive international drug mafia we have today. What is the whole theory in other words and what is the supporting evidence. Russian cocaine smuggler says cia set him up newsweek. I have a few 3ds files that i managed to convert to cia using godmode9. Where did the cia introduced crack to the inner cities in the 80s idea originate.
One of the most impressive documents in the collection is the sevenpart airgram46 of june 19, 1979, whereby the u. Sep 10, 2019 well, its funny because there was a thing in the 1960s called project acoustic kitty where the cia wanted to put microphones and transmitters inside of cats and use them to spy on the soviets. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the argentine national congress. The 2008 european economic crisis drove the return migration of some argentinean and other latin american nationals, as well as the immigration of europeans to south america, where argentina was a key recipient. It is bordered by uruguay in the east, brazil in the northeast, paraguay in the northeast, bolivia in the north, and chile in the west. In 1996, a bombshell report by journalist gary webb claimed that the central intelligence agency cia. There is a question that needs to be asked of jeb bush, george herbert walker bush, and oliver north.
This is part 4 of a show dave emory and nip tuck did on may 15, 1986. Declassified files show that in 1955, the cias western hemisphere division whd chief received a secret memo, boasting a subject line that no doubt caused him to jump up from his chair, and spew any liquid in his mouth across the room operational. Where did the cia introduced crack to the inner cities in. Crypto was secretly owned by the cia as part of a decadeslong operation with west. The alleged mastermind behind the appearance of 16 suitcases of cocaine at the russian embassy in argentina claimed the cia is to blame. Did jeb bush, vp george herbert walker bush and oliver north murder barry seal in february, 1986. Some in the african american community have long claimed that the federal government was responsible for the crack epidemic of the 1980s. Cia funnels drugs into poor us neighborhoods 6 jan, 2011 19. The crack epidemic in the united states was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the united states between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. That put him in position to witness the strange goingson of contra leaders. Allegations of a cia connection to crack cocaine epidemic.
The cia cocainefilled plane that crashed in mexico top. How the cia used howard hughes to steal a russian sub in the most daring covert. Black gangs used their profits to buy automatic weapons, sometimes from one of the cialinked drug dealers. The main point that webb added to the story was how some of the contra cocaine fed into the production of crackcocaine that had such a devastating. A site composed out of some three compactwalled lookouts and suspected to be a nazi hideaway was discovered by a team from the university of buenos aires deep within the forest of argentina recently the suspected nazi hideaway was found in the teyu cuare park just across paraguays rio parana and near the eastern border of brazil. Embassy in argentina sends for the departments permanent records and use a copy of the cards on nearly 10,000 cases of human rights violations in argentina most of them disappearances compiled by the team led by allen f. Key figures in ciacrack cocaine scandal begin to come. Cia concludes, after interviewing nearly 400 people on four continents, that its officers had nothing to do with explosion of crack cocaine in us, as charged by some blacks. The suspected nazi hideaway was found in the teyu cuare park just across paraguays rio parana and near the eastern border of brazil. A former cia agent and veteran of the south and central american drug wars, bucchi now reveals what really goes on in the cia in this compelling factual account. On talk radio and in the street, others have taken those charges. Well, its funny because there was a thing in the 1960s called project acoustic kitty where the cia wanted to put microphones and transmitters inside of cats and use them to spy on the soviets.
Central intelligence agency, cia noun an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest. Apr 14, 2017 conspiracy theorist argues that hitler escaped to argentina. Cia files reveal us ties with argentina during dirty war despite knowledge. Argentina summoned the us ambassador in an angry protest against comments by the cia director about the countrys economic problems. Its an entertaining slice of slice of life from postve day america. The third article, by mitchell and fulwood, covered the effects of crack on african americans and how it. Aug 02, 2006 proves beyond a shadow of a doubt how the war on drugs is a farce just like everything else the government has a war on.
Who by the wall street journal, the washington post, and or what. Over the past decade, however, the country has suffered recurring economic problems of inflation, external debt, capital flight, and budget deficits. Its capital, as well as its largest city, is buenos aires. Webbs disclosure of the crack connection infuriated many africanamericans and. List of argentine cities of 45,000 to 150,000 inhabitants. Americas secret war homeless addicts, crack babies, drivebyshootings, gangs, burglaries, robberies, muggings, blackonblack youth violence. Reporter tries to set the record straight on cia, crack cocaine. In 2007 an aircraft known as gulfstream ii crashed in a jungle in yucatan, mexico.
Webbs series led to three federal investigations, none of. Webbs reward for reviving that important scandal in 1996 and getting the cias. The politics of argentina take place in the framework of what the constitution defines as a federal presidential representative democratic republic, where the president of argentina is both head of state and head of government. Argentina us row over cia comment mr taiana said argentina was well prepared to weather the global crisis argentina has summoned the us ambassador in an angry protest against comments by the cia director about the countrys economic problems. According to that investigation, guglielminetti was put in charge of selling the.
They cia sell you the drugs, and when their police on the street catch you with them, they then put yu in their prisons working for 25 cents an hour displacing american workers and driving down wages, he said. Im wondering what the real facts are behind where crack came from and how it was introduced to the streets and if there is any legitimate evidence supporting a connection to reagan andor the cia. The gulfstream ii, tail number n987sa, was allegedly transporting cia. Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an exportoriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. The cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban america. In 2015, argentina received the highest number of legal migrants in. A former chilean diplomats brazen murder in the streets of d.
The charges of cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking were revived in 1996, when a newspaper series by reporter gary webb in the san jose mercury news claimed that the trafficking had played an important role in the creation of the crack cocaine drug problem in the united states. Nov 30, 2017 in 2007 an aircraft known as gulfstream ii crashed in a jungle in yucatan, mexico. He also stated hitler left colombia for argentina in around january 1955, and added that as ten years had passed since the end of world war ii, the allies could no longer prosecute hitler as a criminal of war, suggesting erroneously the statute of limitations on. Please check our site map, search feature, or our site navigation on the left to locate the information you seek. Iguazu falls is located on the border between argentina and brazil.
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