With the Worst of Intentions: The CIA and Destruction of Chilean President Salvador Allende

In the previous episode, Episode 6 – The Voice of America, we diverted a bit and talked about how the VOA was used parallel to other media broadcasts run by the CIA to affect regime change in Latin American nations. One of those nations was Chile, where in 1973, the Nixon Administration used a variety of covert methods to destabilize the country. This ultimately led to a violent military coup that resulted in the death of democratically elected president Salvador Allende, and the installation of a brutal military dictatorship that lasted for over a decade.

This week’s episode was originally a three-part podcast series that was a port of my capstone project for my History degree from California State University Channel Islands. All three parts are presented here. So, without further delay, let’s start with part one, which details the history ...