Operation Condor
The secret pact that terrorized a continent.
Operation Condor: The Pact that Terrorized a Continent traces the shadowy alliance of South America’s military dictatorships as they waged a secret war on their own people. Through gripping narrative and meticulous research, the book exposes how intelligence services from multiple regimes coordinated kidnappings, torture, and disappearances across borders, turning an entire region into a laboratory of state terror. Both chilling and deeply human, it follows the victims, perpetrators, and resisters whose lives were shattered and whose stories demand to be heard.
Why It Matters
- Reveals how a clandestine transnational pact turned South America into a borderless zone of repression.
- Braids archival evidence, testimony, and on-the-ground history into a propulsive, accessible account of state terror.
- Illuminates the machinery behind forced disappearances, showing how “security cooperation” became a tool of continental-scale persecution.
About the Author
Francesca Lessa is Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas at University College London and a leading scholar of human rights and state violence in Latin America. With over a decade documenting Operation Condor through archives and survivor testimonies, she delivers this definitive English account, blending evidence, empathy, and moral clarity. Sebastián Santana Camargo is an award-winning Uruguayan visual artist and activist whose illustrations explore memory, state violence, and resistance. His striking imagery serves as visual testimony, deepening the book’s emotional resonance and preserving the stories of the disappeared.
Publisher Casa Carlini
Imprint Storia
Author Francesca Lessa & Sebastián Santana
Publication Date May 12, 2026
Paperback $17.99
ISBN 978-1-943657-23-0
Hardback $24.99
ISBN 978-1-943657-56-8
Charles Carlini, Publisher
info@casacarlini.com
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