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The American Role in Lumumba's Murder

American officials plotted to assassinate Lumumba, the Congo's first prime minister, in 1960. While a CIA plan to poison him was abandoned, U.S. officials enabled his overthrow, supported his opposition, and secretly approved his transfer to executioners who murdered him on January 17, 1961.
July 21, 2026

From: The Institute for Economic Democracy The CovertAction Quarterly, put out by disaffected CIA agents, recognized corporate America was wrapping a large share of the world within a belief system the same way America’s beliefs of lurking enemies during the Cold War had been manufactured and also the way Britain imposed Adam Smith free trade beliefs 200 years ago.