Kennecott Copper Corporation organization
also: Kennecott, Braden Copper Company
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Kennecott Copper Corporation funded
Chile host_asserted
“them losing their concessions on the copper mines in Chile, also added money to the election fund campaign against Allende. It was supervised by the CIA station chief, Henry Heckscher, H-E-C-K-S-H-E-R, and Ambassador Edward Corey, K-O-R-R-Y…”
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Mentions (11)
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The Braden Copper Company, which would later be absorbed into Kennecott, K-E-N-N-E-C-O-T-T Copper Corporation, began mining in El Tenente, a mountain of ore set in the Andes, about 100 miles southeast of Santiago.…
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Seven years later, a forerunner of the Anaconda copper mining company began operations in a northern desert area. These two American-owned companies, Kennecott and Anaconda. If you wouldn't mind, Bridget, putting links in the comments, prov…
▶ 18:35
Already doing it. All right. Kennecott and Anaconda grew into the twin titans in the world of copper. By mid-century, they were the largest underground copper mine in the world. And the other one was the largest open pit mine. Kennecott ope…
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Anacondas brought in about $30 million per year. Together, these two companies accounted for most of Chile's export earnings and a third of the tax revenue. That gave them overwhelming influence over Chilean political processes. Besides min…
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They formed Operation Gladio units in the paramilitary realm to create havoc. Soon after Alente's inauguration, most of the leading American companies active in Chile, including ITT, Kennecott, Anaconda, Firestone Tire and Rubber, Bethlehem…
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It was so effective that within two years, one-third of Chile's buses and 20% of its taxis were out of service because it couldn't get spare parts. In 1971, the Chilean Congress, meeting in joint session, unanimously approved a constitution…
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that the date would henceforth be called National Dignity Day. To celebrate the first one, he came to the city that hosted one of the biggest mines. In a triumphant speech to a group of cheering miners, he accused Kennecott and Anaconda of …
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Chile's comptroller awarded its compensation of $14 million. For Kennecott and Anaconda, though, the situation was quite different. So they awarded CERO, C-E-R-R-O, $14 million. According to Alente's formula, they had made $774 million in e…
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He asked the comptroller to deduct that sum from their due compensation. The comptroller agreed, and since $774 million was more than the book value of their minds, Kennecott and Anaconda was not awarded anything. No, this is hilarious. We …
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on owning both the entire telephone system of Chile and their telegraph, which they used to spy on the country. ITT also coordinated its election plans with the CIA, including meetings between top company officials and Western Hemisphere Di…
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A few months later, strikes that began with a key episode at one of the mines that had been taken over by the Chilean government from Kennecott. This crippled the copper industry. And again, who do we find there? We find the American Instit…