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Australian spies aided and abetted CIA in Chile
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Labor prime minister covered up Australia s role in 1973 CIA coup in Chile
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Thursday 8th July / presented by Jesse Begley
On the morning of September 11, 1973 the Chilean military launched a coup to overthrow democratically elected Salvador Allende and install a repressive military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet. This coup was fostered by the CIA on the orders of US President Nixon with the assistance of the Australian secret services. The involvement of Australia in this story was largely unknown until UNSW Professor Clinton Fernandes launched a four year campaign to release the redacted intelligence files. Jesse Begley spoke with Professor Fernandes on presenting his case against sanctioned secret court hearings.
The first centred on Chile’s request to extradite Adriana Rivas back home, where she is facing numerous charges relating to her time as an agent of Pinochet’s notorious secret police, the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA).
A Federal Court ruling on June 24 to dismiss Rivas’ appeal against extradition means her victims may finally see her face justice.
The other court case involved former Australian Army military intelligence officer Clinton Fernandes, who obtained the partial release of documents relating to Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) operations in Chile around the time of the coup.
Dr Rodrigo Acuña, an expert on Latin American politics and member of the Chilean community in Sydney, spoke to
Sailor, spy, whistleblower, grandfather: the life of Witness K revealed in court documents
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