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Parent topics
- Totalitarianism [r]: Any political system, or ideologies that support such a system, in which a centralized political authority controls every aspects of life. [e]
- Counterintelligence [r]: Countermeasures to foreign intelligence organizations collecting intelligence against one's own side. [e]
- Counterterrorism [r]: A range of activities that prevent attempted terrorism well before an actual act is close to being executed, including killing or capturing terrorists; complements and can include anti-terrorism, or measures taken to minimize the impact of an attempted or completed act; counterterrorism proper is "enemy centric" rather than counterinsurgency, which is "people-centric" [e]
- Extrajudicial detention [r]: The policy and practice of holding prisoners captive without judicial authority to do so, or without a recognized authority under international law, such capture of prisoners of war [e]
- Argentina [r]: Second largest South American country; speaks Spanish. [e]
- Brazil [r]: Largest country in South America with a population of 190 million people and rich resources; Portuguese is the national language [e]
- Bolivia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chile [r]: A country in the southwestern part of South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. [e]
- Manuel Contreras [r]: Add brief definition or description head of the Chilean political police,
- Augusto Pinochet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paraguay [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Alfredo Stroessner [r]: (1912-2006) Paraguayan general who took control of Paraguay in a military coup; dictator from 1954 to 1989. [e]
- Uruguay [r]: An economically sound democracy in the Southern Cone of South America, with Argentina and Brazil as neighbors [e]
Subtopics
- Interrogation [r]: A systematic process of direct questioning, of a person in detention or otherwise under the control of the interrogator, to obtain reliable information to satisfy criminal investigation or human-source intelligence requirements, within the scope of relevant law and policy [e]
- Terrorism [r]: Any act, nearly always violent, unpredictable, and chaotic in nature, often targetting civilians, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
Other related topics
- U.S. Intelligence and terrorism in the 1970s [r]: Tracking and actions against terrorism by the United States intelligence community in the 1970s [e]
- U.S. foreign military assistance organizations [r]: A large U.S. military assistance organization, which can both provide support and combat leadership to a Host Nation, as well as command U.S. combat troops [e]
- U.S. intelligence activities in the Americas [r]: Activities by the United States intelligence community in the Western Hemisphere, including but not limited to that of the Central Intelligence Agency; there are major drug enforcement programs, shared military projects, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had jurisdiction in WWII [e]
- Walter Mondale [r]: Add brief definition or description
