the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed in this car bomb. all of this happened here in sheridan circle in the heart of embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute for policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction in bethesda, maryland. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were two colleagues from ips, ronni moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner over here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a gray sedan. in that gray sedan were two cuban-americans who had helped put a bomb underneath the driver's seat in the chevelle that orlando letelier was driving. the order to put the bomb in there was given by the secret police of chile, and chile was ruled at the time by pinochet, a dictator, who didn't like the political activities that orlando letelier, a former ambassador to the united states from

residence is there because the residence itself now has a bust of orlando letelier to try to remember him also, and so around the circle we have these two memorials to this one man and, of course, to ronni moffitt. and so sheridan circle will be marked forever in the heart of washington, d.c. by this assassination. >>> hello, everyone. good, we can hear everyone nicelily. welcome to busboys and poets. my name is olivia. i'm the book events coordinator here and i'm very excited to invite alan mcpherson for his book, "ghosts of sheridan circle." it's an event i was not aware of, honestly, and very excited to read about it in this book and excited for alan to speak about it. here at busboys we like to have conversations that others aren't having and i feel like this is one of nose so i'm excited for him to speak about it. i'm going to give you a little kind of overview. if you have a cell phone, please take photos but don't make the flash happen. we are filming tonight, as you probably can see. that's a little distracting. we will have the fwoobooks for . we have them for sale currently

here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt,

scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier.