Editing Augusto Pinochet (section)

==CIA and U.S. Connections==
	◦	The CIA’s support for the coup involved funding opposition groups, media like El Mercurio, and economic sabotage, as ordered by President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. Clines and Shackley, key CIA figures, directed these efforts, with Wilson’s logistics potentially aiding anti-communist forces.
	◦	Pinochet maintained close ties with U.S. intelligence, receiving training and support through the [[School of the Americas]]. His regime’s anti-communist stance aligned with U.S. Cold War objectives, though public backlash over human rights abuses strained relations by the late 1970s.