Editing Aginter Press (section)

==Origins==
Aginter Press was founded by Yves Guérin-Sérac, a French former army officer, paratrooper, and member of the Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS), a far-right French paramilitary group that opposed Algerian independence in the early 1960s. After the OAS’s defeat and the Évian Accords (1962), which granted Algeria independence, Guérin-Sérac fled France to avoid prosecution. He found refuge in Portugal, a country with a staunchly anti-communist government under Salazar, which provided a favorable environment for his activities.

Guérin-Sérac, deeply influenced by anti-communist ideology and his Catholic faith, envisioned Aginter Press as a tool to combat Marxist and leftist movements globally. The organization was modeled as a press agency to mask its true purpose: conducting covert operations, including sabotage, assassinations, and psychological warfare. Its motto, “Our fight is an aspect of the total struggle against communism,” reflected its ideological drive.