Operation Condor affected which geographic region?

• A. Southern Cone of South America
• B. Andean region
• C. Central America
• D. Caribbean

Answer: (A)

Operation Condor was a coordinated, cross-border crackdown among right-wing governments in a specific stretch of South America during the 1970s and 1980s. The region involved is the Southern Cone, which includes Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil. These regimes shared intelligence, collaborated on suppressing opposition, and conducted actions like extraditions, kidnappings, and assassinations to eliminate leftist movements across borders, with support from external powers during the Cold War. The other regions listed—Andean countries, Central America, and the Caribbean—were not the focus of this multinational campaign, so the Southern Cone is the correct regional answer.