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State of emergency was declared and a right-wing dictatorship grabbed hold of the instruments of power, launching a period of repression that lasted from 1973 until 1985. supported and often guided by cia officers, trained in what we call these days "enhanced interrogation methods," some of the most brutal bastards in the ugliest military juntas on earth crushed minds and bodies in cells across latin america. >> anthony: what kind of people were finding themselves swept up? >> carina: teachers. professors from university. >> anthony: troublesome intellectuals. >> carina: sometimes lawyers, or ...

Context of latin america. a lot of students, young people were very active in politics. they weren't the low classes, as you could say, they weren't the poor people -- >> anthony: these were middle-class kids, and highly radicalized. >> carina: yeah. at the beginning i think they really thought they could change the system. >> anthony: with covert and overt support by our country, a state of emergency was declared and a right-wing dictatorship grabbed hold of the instruments of power, launching a period of repression that lasted from 1973 until 1985. supported and often guided by cia officers,...

>> carina: yeah. at the beginning i think they really thought they could change the system. >> anthony: with covert and overt support by our country, a ate of emergency was declared and a right-wing dictatorship grabbed hold of the instruments of power, launching a period of repression that lasted from 1973 until 1985. supported and often guided by cia officers, trained in what we call these days "enhanced interrogation methods," some of the most brutal bastards in the ugliest military juntas on earth crushed minds and bodies in cells across latin america. >> anthony: what kind of people were ...

Middle-class kids, and highly radicalized. >> carina: yeah. at the beginning i think they really thought they could change the system. >> anthony: with covert and overt support by our country, a state of emergency was declared and a right-wing dictatorship grabbed hold of the instruments of power, launching a period of repression that lasted from 1973 until 1985. supported and often guided by cia officers, trained in what we call these days "enhanced interrogation methods," some of the most brutal bastards in the ugliest military juntas on earth crushed minds and bodies in cells across latin a...

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