In 1976 , agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet assassinated two IPS members of staff on Washington ’s Embassy Row . The target of the car bomb attack was Orlando Letelier , a former Chilean government minister and ambassador to the United States , one of Pinochet ’s most outspoken critics and the head of IPS 's sister organization , the Transnational Institute ( TNI ) . Ronni Karpen Moffitt , a 25-year-old IPS development associate , was also killed
car bomb attack
Assassination of Orlando Letelier
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