Kissinger's dark legacy in Latin America

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : For Morgenfeld, Kissinger's presence with Videla at the World Cup was "a high-profile signal of support" that was "clearly" designed to counter pressure from then-US Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Patricia Derian.
51% : Declassified documents released by the National Security Archive show that in a June 10, 1976, meeting in Santiago de Chile, then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told Argentine Foreign Minister Admiral César Augusto Guzzetti:"If there are things that have to be done, you should do them quickly.
38% : "In the same meeting, the then-US Secretary of State also praised Guzzetti for the Argentine government's policies at a time when the international community was crying foul over the Argentine military's indiscriminate human rights violations.
37% : Americas Desk, Nov 30 (EFE).- Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger left a dark legacy in Latin America during his administration for his support of the dictatorships in the Southern Cone, the so-called Plan Cóndor, and the coup against Salvador Allende in Chile in 1973.
32% : "The former US Secretary of State led a policy of "duplicity," publicly expressing concern about human rights violations while privately supporting state terrorism in Argentina and providing diplomatic and political cover for it within the US State Department.

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