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'''SIL International''' (formerly known as the '''Summer Institute of Linguistics''') is an [[evangelical]] [[Christian]] missionary organization with historically close ties to the [[CIA]].<ref>https://archive.is/fG8Jg#selection-833.0-837.216</ref>
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'''SIL International''' (formerly known as the '''Summer Institute of Linguistics''') is an [[evangelical]] [[Christian]] missionary organization with historically close ties to the [[CIA]].<ref>https://archive.is/fG8Jg#selection-833.0-837.216</ref><ref>https://schoolsforchiapas.org/imperialism-and-the-summer-institute-of-linguistics/</ref>
  
 
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In the 1970s, several [[Latin American]] countries including [[Colombia]], [[Mexico]], [[Panama]] and [[Peru]] held SIL responsible for advancing the interests of the [[CIA|American intelligence agencies]]<ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975BOGOTA06132_b.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975MEXICO05045_b.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975LIMA08739_b.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976LIMA01274_b.html</ref> and [[Brazil]] expelled SIL’s missionaries from the country for acting as cover for geologists searching for [[mineral deposits]] in the [[Amazon basin]].<ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1977BRASIL09820_c.html</ref>
 
In the 1970s, several [[Latin American]] countries including [[Colombia]], [[Mexico]], [[Panama]] and [[Peru]] held SIL responsible for advancing the interests of the [[CIA|American intelligence agencies]]<ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975BOGOTA06132_b.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975MEXICO05045_b.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975LIMA08739_b.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976LIMA01274_b.html</ref> and [[Brazil]] expelled SIL’s missionaries from the country for acting as cover for geologists searching for [[mineral deposits]] in the [[Amazon basin]].<ref>https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1977BRASIL09820_c.html</ref>
  
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SIL has been accused of [[drug trafficking]], smuggling [[emeralds]] and [[uranium]], and even waging [[germ warfare]] that destroyed many [[native tribes]]. In their book ''THY WILL BE DONE, The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil]], the authors [[Gerard Colby]] and [[Charlotte Dennett]] document the extensive connections of Wycliffe Bible Translators with [[Nelson Rockefeller]] and [[John D. Rockefeller]] and their takeover of the resources in the Amazon basin countries.<reF>https://archive.is/fG8Jg#selection-833.0-837.216</ref>
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SIL has been accused of [[drug trafficking]], smuggling [[emeralds]] and [[uranium]], and waging [[germ warfare]] that destroyed many [[native tribes]]. In their book ''THY WILL BE DONE, The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil'', the authors [[Gerard Colby]] and [[Charlotte Dennett]] document the extensive connections of Wycliffe Bible Translators with [[Nelson Rockefeller]] and [[John D. Rockefeller]] and their takeover of the resources in the Amazon basin countries.<reF>https://archive.is/fG8Jg#selection-833.0-837.216</ref>
  
 
It was evicted from [[Panama]] for participating in [[mass sterilization]] activities.{{cn}}
 
It was evicted from [[Panama]] for participating in [[mass sterilization]] activities.{{cn}}

Latest revision as of 08:36, 4 February 2024

Group.png SIL International   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Formation1934
FounderCameron Townsend
HeadquartersDallas, Texas
Evangelical Christian missionary organization with historically close ties to the CIA.

SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is an evangelical Christian missionary organization with historically close ties to the CIA.[1][2]

Own words

SIL's main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages, and aid minority language development. William Cameron Townsend, a Presbyterian minister, founded the organization in 1934. Townsend founded Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1942 as a separate organization from SIL. Wycliffe Bible Translators focused on Bible translation and missionary activities, whereas SIL focused on linguistic documentation and literacy education.[3]

In 2023 SIL said it had 1,350 language projects in 98 countries and 4,200 staff from 84 countries.[4]

Deep state activites

In the 1970s, several Latin American countries including Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru held SIL responsible for advancing the interests of the American intelligence agencies[5][6][7][8] and Brazil expelled SIL’s missionaries from the country for acting as cover for geologists searching for mineral deposits in the Amazon basin.[9]

SIL has been accused of drug trafficking, smuggling emeralds and uranium, and waging germ warfare that destroyed many native tribes. In their book THY WILL BE DONE, The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil, the authors Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett document the extensive connections of Wycliffe Bible Translators with Nelson Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller and their takeover of the resources in the Amazon basin countries.[10]

It was evicted from Panama for participating in mass sterilization activities.[citation needed]


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References

  1. ↑ https://archive.is/fG8Jg#selection-833.0-837.216
  2. ↑ https://schoolsforchiapas.org/imperialism-and-the-summer-institute-of-linguistics/
  3. ↑ Hartch, Todd (2006). Missionaries of the State: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, State Formation, and Indigenous Mexico, 1935–1985. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817315153.
  4. ↑ https://www.sil.org/about
  5. ↑ https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975BOGOTA06132_b.html
  6. ↑ https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975MEXICO05045_b.html
  7. ↑ https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975LIMA08739_b.html
  8. ↑ https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976LIMA01274_b.html
  9. ↑ https://archive.is/o/fG8Jg/www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1977BRASIL09820_c.html
  10. ↑ https://archive.is/fG8Jg#selection-833.0-837.216


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