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Patria y Libertad organization

also: Fatherland and Liberty, PL

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Salvador Allendeperson · 7March of the Empty Potsevent · 4Chilecountry · 2Michael Townleyperson · 2Brazilcountry · 1Benito Mussoliniperson · 1Christian Democracy (Italy)organization · 1Nathaniel Davisperson · 1Carlos Pratsperson · 1Santiagoplace · 1Dirección de Inteligencia Nacionalorganization · 1Pablo Rodriguezperson · 1June 29, 1973 Chilean coup attemptevent · 1CIAintelligence service · 1Operation Gladiooperation · 1Italycountry · 1

Claims (12)

CIA funded Patria y Libertad documented
“Fatherland and Liberty, which had received $40,000 from the CIA, staged a rally in Santiago. CIA quietly contacted nearly two dozen military officers and those who seemed open to the idea of staging a coup. It was later written in a report …”
▶ Operation Gladio in Chile @ 49:49
Brazil funded Patria y Libertad book_quoted
“Brazil provided the PL with $8 million, allegedly on behalf of the CIA. In other words, it is all the CIA. They're just funneling it through other entities. It is interesting to note that during the time PL's head, Pablo Rodriguez, was in r…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 25:53
Patria y Libertad carried_out_attack Salvador Allende book_quoted
“of the counter-revolutionary forces gathering against Allende. They were not counter-revolutionary. They were the revolutionaries. And I have already explained to you guys how they misnamed these on purpose in order to eventually, if necess…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 26:22
Patria y Libertad carried_out_attack March of the Empty Pots book_quoted
“Upper-class women poured into the streets, banishing empty pots and ladles to protest food shortages. This was all orchestrated using CIA. The PL provided security for the demonstration, which quickly turned violent. The PL forces clashed a…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 29:48
Michael Townley funded Patria y Libertad book_quoted
“De La Chez and the Dignity Colony had begun to collaborate with the PL as early as 1971. Townley initially aided the PL with the March of Empty Pots. Later, he was tasked with far more ambitious projects. In 1972, Townley had helped the PL …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 32:42
Michael Townley trained Patria y Libertad book_quoted
“De La Chez and the Dignity Colony had begun to collaborate with the PL as early as 1971. Townley initially aided the PL with the March of Empty Pots. Later, he was tasked with far more ambitious projects. In 1972, Townley had helped the PL …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 32:42
CIA funded Patria y Libertad book_quoted
“Where was that name? Fatherland and Liberty. They were backed by the CIA. Even though the CIA initially denied that they had anything to do with them, that's not true. And oh, by the way, that's where you find the actual Nazis in Chile. And…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 27:44
CIA funded Patria y Libertad book_quoted
“Some of them also went to a group called Fatherland and Liberty. That was basically their version of Operation Condor inside of Chile. They were so extreme that they were basically fascist, but they played an important part in the actual co…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 23:46
Patria y Libertad carried_out_attack Salvador Allende book_quoted
“since they assassinated the other guy, was General Carlos Prats, P-R-A-T-S. As his political difficulties grew, Allende bought military loyalty in part by bringing Prats into his government. On June 20th, the loyalist forces crushed a coup …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 27:16
Michael Townley supplied_arms_to Patria y Libertad book_quoted
“He also mobilized youth gangs into neighborhood, quote unquote, defense units. Again, a play on words. They attacked Allende supporters. They had not a fucking thing to do with defense. Townley was forced into exile in the United States in …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 33:11
Nathaniel Davis funded Patria y Libertad host_asserted
“Brazil provided the PL with $8 million, allegedly on behalf of the CIA. In other words, it is all the CIA. They're just funneling it through other entities. It is interesting to note that during the time PL's head, Pablo Rodriguez, was in r…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 25:53
Patria y Libertad member_of Operation Gladio host_asserted
“And neighboring military dictatorships in Brazil and Bolivia actually helped Pinochet overthrow the government. Because, of course, the CIA is already there and is over through their government already. And it is a launching venue for other…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7 @ 25:26

Mentions (15)

Operation Gladio in Chile
▶ 49:20 Hetzker cabled back to the headquarters. We provide you with formula for chaos, which is unlikely to be bloodless, unquote. Over the next several weeks, the political climate in Chile became increasingly tense. Newspapers and radio stations…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38)
▶ 23:46 Some of them also went to a group called Fatherland and Liberty. That was basically their version of Operation Condor inside of Chile. They were so extreme that they were basically fascist, but they played an important part in the actual co…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38)
▶ 27:16 since they assassinated the other guy, was General Carlos Prats, P-R-A-T-S. As his political difficulties grew, Allende bought military loyalty in part by bringing Prats into his government. On June 20th, the loyalist forces crushed a coup …
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 24:24 paramilitary organizations and the destabilization of the nation in the years leading up to the coup. By far, the most notorious of these groups was called Fatherland and Liberty, in which no one got liberty. By the early 1970s, the Fatherl…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 24:55 but because of like the patriarch for fatherland and then liberty. So it's PL. It received support from many different places, including Christian Democrats who were publicly, let's see, who publicly would denounce it, although they were ac…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 25:53 Brazil provided the PL with $8 million, allegedly on behalf of the CIA. In other words, it is all the CIA. They're just funneling it through other entities. It is interesting to note that during the time PL's head, Pablo Rodriguez, was in r…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 27:51 But that's literally what they do. And again, I've had people ask me, well, why would they do that? They do that because that's how they sell this bullshit in the media to Americans. You couldn't ever say, hey, they're all CIA bought and pa…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 28:24 These guys were patterned off of Hitler's brown shirts, though in this case, the membership was all dressed in black. Unsurprisingly, the PL had some interesting influences. One of them was national syndicalism, which served as a wellspring…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 29:22 Another significant influence was Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, a founder of the Spanish Belangulist movement. They were basically another element of fascism. The PL achieved significant notoriety from their involvement with the March of Em…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 29:48 Upper-class women poured into the streets, banishing empty pots and ladles to protest food shortages. This was all orchestrated using CIA. The PL provided security for the demonstration, which quickly turned violent. The PL forces clashed a…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 30:18 the police is going to have to put down the riots, and the police attacking the women who are being paid by the CIA makes much better press against the Allende government than if you had a bunch of men foot soldiers out there or young men o…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 31:13 So then when the government cracked down on them, it's because they're not open. It's because they're prejudiced or they're homophobes or whatever. These are all orchestrated. So this further emboldened the PL militants because they saw wha…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 31:43 By the early 1970s, the PL had established a guerrilla training camp in Chile, there and elsewhere, where militants received training in things that looked strangely like Operation Gladio. Arms, explosives, how to be an assassin, communicat…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 32:11 of the final stages to the Allende government was basically one bomb attack per hour in the final week every day. At least 24 bomb attacks every day for a week. No doubt the PL had a part in this campaign. Michael Vernon Townley, the DINA c…
The Colonel's Corner -Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 7
▶ 32:42 De La Chez and the Dignity Colony had begun to collaborate with the PL as early as 1971. Townley initially aided the PL with the March of Empty Pots. Later, he was tasked with far more ambitious projects. In 1972, Townley had helped the PL …