For decades, the record of the Office of War Information presented a clean face of recruitment posters while masking a clandestine channel for influence in Latin America.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Hidden from public view until a 1998 act of Congress, these files track the transition of wartime espionage into a global network of Nazi assets and corporate covers.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Pinochet attempted to seize Santiago on New Year's Day 1989, a desperate gamble that left one general collapsed on the floor and the dictator's final path to power blocked
By Harlan Pryce ·
Kept secret for decades, the agency's guides moved from studying Soviet brainwashing to teaching Latin American officers how to induce extreme dependency in prisoners.
By Miriam Adler ·
Axis spies and local collaborators were hunted through clandestine radio nets and intercepted cables in a surveillance dragnet that spanned the Caribbean and South America.
By Miriam Adler ·
Labor organizers and agrarian reformers were branded threats to be neutralized in a shadow war that crushed unions and destabilized sovereign nations across the hemisphere.
By Harlan Pryce ·
For 39 years, US strategic interests in Latin America were secured by military airways that mirrored Pan Am's reach, though specific contracts and governments remain silent.
By Vera Kessler ·