Aginter Press, also known under the name Central Order and Tradition (Portuguese: Ordem Central e Tradição), was a pseudo press agency set up in Lisbon, Portugal in September 1966, under Oliveira Salazar's dictatorship (so-called Estado Novo). Directed by Captain Yves Guérin-Sérac, who had taken part in the foundation of the OAS in Madrid, a terrorist group which fought against Algerian independence towards the end of the Algerian War (1954–1962), Aginter Press was in reality an anti-communist mercenary organisation with subsidiaries in other countries. It trained its members in covert action techniques, including bombings, silent assassinations, subversion techniques, clandestine communication and infiltration and counter-insurgency.
Read more about Aginter Press: Strategy of Tension, Aginter Strategic Document, Italian Senate Report, Members, Actions, 1969 Piazza Fontana Bombing, Carnation Revolution: The End
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