1972: US-Trained Military Dictator Seizes Power in Ecuador
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US-trained military officer Guillermo Rodriguez Lara, also known as "El Bombita", seizes power in a military coup

Source: Grimmett (2000), "U.S. Army School of the Americas: Background and Congressional Concerns". Congressional Research Service
1976: NY Times Reports 10% of East Timor Killed by Indonesia, with US Arms
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NY Times reports (on page 11, at the end of a paragraph about something else) that the US-armed and funded Indonesian military has killed 60,000 civilians in East Timor, fully 10% of the East Timorese population. "The New York Times (15 February, 1976) had published a report that 60,000 people had been killed in East Timor, 10% of the population. This report appeared on page 11 at the bottom of a column below a story on another subject, and merited all of 150 words."

Source: Chomsky and Herman (1979), The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism. Haymarket Press
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