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The Institute for Policy Studies is an American progressive think tank, formed in 1963 and based in Washington, D.C. It was directed by John Cavanagh from 1998 to 2021. In 2021, Tope Folarin assumed t
Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
On 21 September 1976, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat and outspoken opponent of dictator Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated in Washington, D.C., United States by a car bomb planted by agen
Institute for Policy Studies
…non-profit. In 1976, agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet assassinated two IPS staff members on Washington's Embassy Row. The target of the car bomb attack was Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean government minister and ambassador to the United States, one of Pinochet's most outspoken critics and the head…
Memorial to Letelier and Moffit in Washington, D.C.
Ronni Moffitt, killed in the car bombing, worked at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.
This 1978 Central Intelligence Agency estimate concludes that Chilean General Augusto Pinochet "personally ordered" the assassination of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier.
Grave of Letelier in the Santiago General Cemetery in Chile