Tarasov, Konstantin and Zubenko, Vyacheslav. The CIA in Latin America.
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1984. 280 pages.
Two Soviet specialists wrote this detailed description of U.S.
interventions in Latin America, particularly in Chile, Cuba, Bolivia, El
Salvador, and Nicaragua. The authors cite a variety of sources, primarily
from the United States (including Congressional reports) and Latin
America. However, much of the material, including many of the more
intriguing items concerning assassinations, torture, and conspiracies of
various kinds, is not referenced. Some of this information can be found in
American publications, but the rest probably comes from KGB files. The
book also provides details about the CIA's use of religion, the Peace
Corps, multinationals, and labor movements.
The presentation of the material is sometimes sloppy, if not
erroneous, and the authors frequently jump to debatable conclusions as a
result of their knee-jerk anti-imperialism. However, the work overall is
impressive, and would surprise and enlighten the vast majority of Americans.
Since the institutions that produced books like this no longer exist, the
case they make is seldom heard as passionately today.
-- William Blum
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