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Culture The radical Chilean artist who depicted an America riven by repression and resistance
These days, the snipers stationed on top of the White House look out on a different view than they used to. Two months ago, before George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked nationwide protests, there weren’t rows of chain-link fencing and concrete blockades enclosing Lafayette Square, the public plaza at the White…
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Fast Forward Former Member Of Nazi Pedophile Sect Avoids Jail Time
A German former member of a Nazi pedophile sect, who was convicted in Chile, will not be sent to jail for complicity in child sex abuse because of the countries’ differing judicial standards, the Guardian reported. Hartmut Hopp, 74, will not be sentenced because the evidence provided in the Chilean court wasn’t strong enough by…
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Fast Forward Secretive Nazi Cult Probed By Chile — With German Help
Germany and Chile have agreed to create a commission to document crimes committed at a secretive sect founded by an ex-Nazi in the foothills of the Andes, the Chilean foreign relations ministry said on Thursday. The agreement, signed late Wednesday, will create a documentation center for the community, as well as a memorial for victims…
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Fast Forward Bolivia Leader Attacks Rival Chile As The ‘Israel Of South America’
(JTA) — President Evo Morales of Bolivia called Chile the “Israel of South America” in condemning the expulsion of nine Bolivian officials on Wednesday. The officials were detained in Chile after being accused of smuggling, theft and illegal possession of weapons. They are to be expelled from the country within the next 30 days. Lashing out…
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Fast Forward Chile Feud Widens Over Israel Ban Of BDS Activist
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Palestinian Federation of Chile threatened the country’s Jewish umbrella organization over its support of Israel’s decision to bar a Chilean boycott activist from entering the Jewish state. “We warn the Jewish leadership not to play with fire,” read a statement issued Monday in Spanish by the Palestinian federation regarding its…
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Fast Forward Chile Activist Pushes For Ban On Israeli Tourists
A Chilean Palestinian official is urging his country to refuse entry to Israeli tourists after he was barred from entering the Jewish state. Anuar Majluf, executive director of the Palestinian Federation of Chile and a prominent BDS, or boycott, divestment and sanctions, movement activist, was refused entry by the government of Israel on April 10 when…
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Breaking News Chile Blames Israelis For Breaking Rules At National Parks
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A senior official of an entity under the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture threatened Israeli tourists with a hate-filled speech after a group was removed from a national park. National Forestry Corporation director Elizabeth Munoz criticized “Israelites” for “cultural bad behavior” after three Israeli tourists were expelled late last month from…
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