Douglas Henderson person
also: Ambassador Henderson, Mr. Henderson, Ambassador Douglas Henderson, Henderson
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Claims (4)
Douglas Henderson tried_to_convince
René Barrientos Ortuño book_quoted
“tried to convince Barastanos that Che Guevara captured, he would be brought to the capital for interrogation. Barastanos demurred, afraid of the unrest that could accompany Che's arrival, captive or not. When the moment came, Tilton was on …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 29 (30) @ 29:03
René Barrientos Ortuño refused
Douglas Henderson book_quoted
“tried to convince Barastanos that Che Guevara captured, he would be brought to the capital for interrogation. Barastanos demurred, afraid of the unrest that could accompany Che's arrival, captive or not. When the moment came, Tilton was on …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 29 (30) @ 29:03
Douglas Henderson funded
Mafia host_asserted
“regularity that the army be sent to the mining zones and threatened to otherwise suspend financial programs, quote. So you have, again, the U.S. ambassador working for the international syndicate mine owners and not the U.S. government or o…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975 @ 19:14
Douglas Henderson ordered_assassination_of
Juan Lechín Oquendo book_quoted
“their paramilitary Gladio slash embassy people on the line and start cracking some whips. So the minister of mines under Paz was a guy by the name of Rene Zabaleto Mercado. And he later wrote, quote, for over a year and a half, the American…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975 @ 18:46
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▶ 11:20
peace and stability and were hallmarks of democracies where this place had been a pit of hell for a very long time. And Paz was unseated despite support from the American ambassador, who at the time was Douglas Henderson, because both the C…
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Leads them, obviously, to the Soviet Union. It always does. But they also approached countries like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, which we know what happened to them, too. Here, the Bolivians eventually yielded to the U.S. pressure. Fox an…
▶ 18:46
their paramilitary Gladio slash embassy people on the line and start cracking some whips. So the minister of mines under Paz was a guy by the name of Rene Zabaleto Mercado. And he later wrote, quote, for over a year and a half, the American…
▶ 16:56
caught the flavor of the dispute, but the agency wouldn't accept it. There were other Che Cavera sightings too, resulting in Langley's determination to get him at all costs. But not everyone believed. As late as May 1967, Desmond Fitzgerald…
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Barrientos called in Ambassador Henderson and handed him a request for U.S. supplies. On April 28th, the Bolivian military signed an agreement with the U.S. mission to permit a special forces mobile training team to train the Bolivian 2nd R…
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company captured Shea Calvera. The guerrilla commander, wounded in the leg, could not flee. With the notorious Shea in custody, the immediate issue for the CIA became obtaining intelligence. Here, the agency's interests clashed with the Bol…
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tried to convince Barastanos that Che Guevara captured, he would be brought to the capital for interrogation. Barastanos demurred, afraid of the unrest that could accompany Che's arrival, captive or not. When the moment came, Tilton was on …