Communist Disinformation Campaigns and the Latin American Cold War of the 1960s
The Case of the Uruguayan Newspaper Época
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3477170 |
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| Authors | Michal Zourek (0000-0002-7919-4914, University of Hradec Králové, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 439-463 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x24000567 |
| OpenAlex | W4406883629 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Based on declassified documents from the archives of the Czechoslovak intelligence agency (StB) and the contemporary press, this article delves into the working mechanisms of the Communist secret services in Latin America in the 1960s. Specifically, focusing on the case of the newspaper Época, it deals with the production of articles aimed at discrediting the capitalist states and their publication in the press through local collaborators. The link between the StB and the Uruguayan newspaper, which claimed to be politically and economically independent, was pragmatic and, for a time, helped both parties to achieve their political ends. While the StB managed to obtain a space where it could carry out its operations, Época's motivations were not only ideological but also economic and related to the urgent desire of the non-Communist Left to get funding for its political activities
Cold war · Communism · Disinformation · Economic history · Latin Americans · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Social media · Sociology · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
| Highly cited | No |
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