CIA • 1977

HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOUTHERN CONE OF LATIN AMERICA[SANITIZED] - 1977/06/01

Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C00201458 t� , � Rights in the Southern Cone of Latin America Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C00201458 Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C00201458 Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C00201458 3.5(c) � 51 .1 o th....aatt n � Atitibiiifk Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C00201458 x ' CONFI Human Rights in the Southern Cone of Latin America Centml intelligence Agency liNo;ctorole of Inieffigener I June 0177 Key Judgments Human rights have been violated�sometimes flagrantly�by the authoritarian military regimes that have come !o power in the southern cone of Latin America. Repression, characterized by torture and other inhumane practices, has been directed for the most part at leftists, but others have been victimized as well, largely by governments reacting to real and imagined threats to stability. As a result, human rights guarantees have been subordinated to the priority concerns of imposing order on sometimes fractious societies and concentrating on economic development and growth...