El Mercurio organization
also: El Mursario
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Chilecountry · 5Augustin Edwardsperson · 4Salvador Allendeperson · 3CIAintelligence service · 2David Rockefellerperson · 1International Telephone and Telegraphorganization · 1Donald F. Kendallperson · 1PepsiCoorganization · 11973 Chilean coup d'étatevent · 1Augusto Pinochetperson · 1Peter Kornbluhperson · 1The Pinochet Filebook · 1Richard Nixonperson · 1United Statescountry · 1Ted Shackleyperson · 1
Claims (4)
CIA funded
El Mercurio book_quoted
“Long had the agency wooed it. Although details remain shrouded in secrecy, official reports indicated the CIA penetrated throughout the 60s into this newspaper. Moore joined the CIA payroll until almost everyone there was being paid by the …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy part 35 (37) @ 5:00
Augustin Edwards secretly_owned
El Mercurio documented
“for other operations because they were so visible. Among the most vital resources was the Chilean paper, El Mercurio, the country's biggest daily. It's basically their version of the New York Times, published by Augustine Edwards, who owned…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy part 35 (37) @ 4:29
CIA funded
El Mercurio book_quoted
“In the early days, we tended to go whole hog, acquiring entire newspapers by funding them at the top. But we gradually learned that it was usually more effective to have a relationship with an individual and to get out messages into print t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 5 @ 21:33
CIA funded
El Mercurio book_quoted
“That's their New York Times that basically the CIA has taken over. In the fall of 71, that became the focus of Kissinger and the 40 Committee. Based on a new CIA proposal, Nixon administration approved a $700,000 subsidy. Agency payments to…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 12:07
Mentions (8)
▶ 5:31
It was whoever finished first was going to get confirmed by the Congress. And there's a guy down there by the name of Augustin Edwards. He was Chile's richest man and owner of the largest newspaper. And I think you pronounce the newspaper E…
▶ 32:20
ensure the international syndicate is happy, not what's best for America. The Chilean election approached. Rockefeller recalled in his memoirs, he made a telephone call that helped push the Nixon administration onto an anti-Alente track. He…
▶ 45:07
PepsiCo in this that I remember is right here. It says, Augustine Edwards, who was the publisher of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, an associate of Richard Nixon's friend Donald Kendall, who ran PepsiCo, Edwards foreboding were such that…
▶ 4:29
for other operations because they were so visible. Among the most vital resources was the Chilean paper, El Mercurio, the country's biggest daily. It's basically their version of the New York Times, published by Augustine Edwards, who owned…
▶ 11:36
Funds for the Chilean military, on the other hand, were continued and increased because they're using the military under Pinochet to foment the upcoming overthrow of the government. As Chile's economic problems worsened, the CIA sting was i…
▶ 20:48
The division that's handling all of this in May of 1972 was embroiled in the Chilean from the start. Shackley opened a direct channel to the publisher of El Mercurio, the New York Times, through Austin Edwards' lawyer, meeting him several t…
▶ 21:33
In the early days, we tended to go whole hog, acquiring entire newspapers by funding them at the top. But we gradually learned that it was usually more effective to have a relationship with an individual and to get out messages into print t…
▶ 1:42:47
And we also know that it wound up, you know, with these false flag kidnappings of generals and manipulation of the press with El Mercurio. And that's all detailed in Peter Kornbluh's book. And you can actually go to Chapter 1, Document 13 o…