Operation Condor

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This paper discusses Operation Condor which took place during the Cold War, more precisely in 1975, and aimed at eliminating the opposition of Latin American dictators from power. The paper describes the historical background of the operation and the aspects that the operation involved. Finally, the paper looks at "Cautiva," a 2004 foreign film which depicts the drama of a young girl whose destiny is affected by the actions of the Condor Operation.

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"The struggle of the heroine can be said to depict the actual struggle of the Argentinean state with its own past. Indeed, it is a political film because there are several symbolic references made in this sense. Thus, the fact that it is the government which gives her the news of the existence of her real parents can be interpreted as a subtle reference to the fact that in the early seventies, it was the same governmental apparatus which took so many children away from their natural parents, destroying their family life. The heroin is thus in a continuous search for her place in the world, as the government imposes her to stay with her natural parents, thus sealing again her destiny. Another significant aspect of the film can be considered to be the actual job of her adoptive father. Thus, he was implicated in the separation of the girl from her parents. Thus, it can be said that the government played a role in their lives then in the same way as it played in her teenage life. However, nowadays, the current government, similar to the adoptive father, is trying to put the issues right and annul the results of the Condor Operation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gotkine, Elliott. "Vital rights ruling in Argentina". BBC. 2004. 30 April 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3596316.stm
• McSherry, J. Patrice. "Tracking the Origins of a State Terror Network: Operation Condor" Latin American Perspectives, 2002, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 38-60.
• Mcsherry, Patrice. "Operation Condor: Clandestine Inter-American System". Social Justice, Vol. 26, 1999.

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