meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Audio Long Read

From the archive – Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators are finally facing justice. By Giles Tremlett. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is the Guardian. Hi, I'm Ethan, host of the Green Room Podcast by Deloitte.

0:16.2

We explore the topics that matter most in business.

0:19.0

Every episode we dive into a big question on our mind, like, what will be the last job on earth can a

0:24.2

business make money and do good at the same time or should my next car be electric

0:30.3

I'd love you to join me in the green room. Find us wherever you got this

0:34.8

podcast just search the green room by Deloitte.

0:39.8

The audio long read is supported by Better Help.

0:47.0

Here's a question. If you had an extra hour in your day, what would you do with it? Watch TV? Read a book? Meet up with a friend? Maybe a little nap?

1:00.0

A lot of us spend our lives wishing we had more time, but for what?

1:05.0

Perhaps to best answer that, you need to work out what truly important to you then make that a priority. Therapy can help you work out what's most important to you.

1:17.0

It isn't just for those who've unfortunately experienced trauma in their lives.

1:22.0

Therapy can be helpful for learning positive coping

1:24.8

skills and for setting boundaries. It can empower you to be the best version of

1:29.3

yourself. With over a thousand therapists in the UK already, Better Help can provide access to

1:36.0

Mental Health professionals with a wide variety of expertise in mental health.

1:40.6

Our listeners get 10% off their first month at better help.com slash

1:46.2

ALR that's better H-E-L-P dot com slash ALR. Hi I'm Giles Tremlett, a guardian writer based in Madrid Spain. I am the author of the

2:16.1

2020 long read Operation Condor, The Cold War Conspiracy that terrorized South America.

2:25.1

This is actually a story that I'd been wanting to write for, I think probably 15 to 20 years

2:32.1

when the first information about Operation Condor, which was this strange

2:36.6

sort of cross-border agreement on repression amongst all the Latin American dictatorships in the 70s and 80s when that first broke.

2:46.8

And so I was very glad to be able to get back to it in 2020, by which time at last we knew something about who had been involved and some court

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Guardian, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Guardian and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.