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CIA completed its 76th anniversary this week. A rogue org. founded by Harry Truman has refused to answer for its crime and has numerous times tortured, killed and violated human rights. CIA's whole existence is laced with the blood of millions of people around the world
In 1973, Salvador Allende, the democratically elected president of Chile, was deposed by the CIA on President Nixon's directive. In his stead, the legendary General Pinochet, who later tortured and killed thousands, was installed by the CIA.
Che Guevara was abducted by CIA in 1968 and put to death by servile Bolivian forces. The socialist president Juan Torres was overthrown in military coup supported by CIA in 1971. Hugo Banzer, the new US-approved dictator, tortured and killed more than 2,000 political opponents.
Brazil's democratically elected president, Joao Goulart, was deposed in a military coup in 1964 by the CIA. They put in fascist military leaders like General Branco. To remove all political opposition, Branco even US trained death squads.
Patrice Lumumba, the democratically elected president of the Congo, was assassinated by the CIA on President Eisenhower's orders. They supported his political rivals financially, which led to a coup in 1961 that resulted in Lumumba's murder.
In 1961, the CIA deployed 1500 exiles from Cuba to attack Castro's country. Many of the exiles died as a result of the mission's failure since the American air strike that was promised never materialised. Castro was the target of 638 assassination attempts by the CIA
Jose Velasco,elected president, was forced to resign in 1961 by military groups with CIA support After President Arosemena upset the US ambassador to Ecuador, denounced the US administration, and supported Castro's revolution in Cuba, the CIA ousted him in a military coup in 1963
One of the key turning points in CIA engagement was the horrific killing of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem on November 2, 1963, during the coup that toppled his administration.
The CIA supported a coup against the populist Iraqi leader Abd al-Karim Qasim on February 8th, 1963, which resulted in the imprisonment, torture, and execution of hundreds of his supporters
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