CIA • 1977

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

Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C06592958 Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency RP 77-10129 Washington, June 1977 3.3(b)(1) 3.5(c) EO 13526 3.3(b)(1)>25Yrs EO 13526 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C06592958 Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C06592958 Human Rights in the Southern Cone of Latin America Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C06592958 RP 77-10129 June 1977 Copy Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 C06592958 3.5(c) Human Rights in the Southern Cone of Latin America Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence June 1977 Key judgments Human rights have been violated�sometimes flagrantly�by the authoritarian military regimes that have come to 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...