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THE CIA AGAINST LATIN AMERICATo have it under control?YesMr. Agee: Do you have the impression or the certainty that the CIAkeeps directly intervening in Ecuadorian politicsHonestly, after so many years I can’t tell, but I guess so, because duringall this years, US policy regarding to Latin America and Ecuador and othercountries has had specific goals, and what they care are these interests:such as access to raw materials, access to workforce, market access. Thoseare the fundamental interests of the United States because the US hasto export, to import, and needs access on favorable terms. So if a governmentis democratically elected, as the government of Hugo Chavezin Venezuela, and if doesn’t yield US interests, the democratic processdoesn’t matter at all, such as the coup in April 2002, against Chavez, thatwas supported by the US, despite those democratic elections. So, in principle,the US talks a lot about democracy, but it is a very well defined democracy;another kind of democracy doesn’t count, or is not acceptable.Do you believe that Ecuador was induced to participate in offensiveactivities for your own interest, such as “The Condor Operation”?Well, much has been known about “Condor Operation”, but I do notremember that there was Ecuador’s participation in it, that was ratherin Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and perhaps Brazil, too. It was aprogram, an operation of murders really, nothing more.Now, the other thing is: we had problems with Peru. Do you thinkthat the intervention was such that there were actions which provokedthe clashes among Ecuador Peru from 1981 to 1995?I don’t know the confrontation details. I remember, I think Menem,sent weapons to Ecuador.103