Letelier Diplomacy: Nonstate Actors and U.S.-Chilean Relations

Letelier Diplomacy: Nonstate Actors and U.S.-Chilean Relations

On September 21, 1976, a bomb taped to the bottom of the car of Chilean exile and former ambassador and minister Orlando Letelier exploded as he drove into Sheridan Circle in Washington, DC. The Chilean died within minutes. Ronni Moffitt, Letelier’s co-worker and a U.S. citizen, sat in the passenger...

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Published in:Diplomatic history Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 445 - 468
Main Author: McPherson, Alan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01-06-2019
Subjects:
Diplomacy
Exile
Intelligence
Marxist analysis
Military regimes
Presidents
Chile
United States > US
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Summary:On September 21, 1976, a bomb taped to the bottom of the car of Chilean exile and former ambassador and minister Orlando Letelier exploded as he drove into Sheridan Circle in Washington, DC. The Chilean died within minutes. Ronni Moffitt, Letelier’s co-worker and a U.S. citizen, sat in the passenger’s seat and also died. Letelier had been an outspoken opponent of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose military junta had overthrown Marxist president Salvador Allende in 1973 and thrown Letelier, then Minister of Defense, in a prison camp for a year without charges. The investigation that followed pointed to the National Intelligence...
ISSN:0145-2096
1467-7709
DOI:10.1093/dh/dhz002