“You should always say something good about the dead. He’s dead. Good.” — Jackie ‘Moms’ Mabley On Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the age of 100, the former secretary of state, well-known “diplomat,” security advisor, counselor of more than 11 presidents, pathological liar, and cold-blooded war criminal died in the town of Kent in the […]
Author Archives: Fernando A. Torres
Fernando A. Torres is a freelance journalist, author, musician and poet. Under the Chilean military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, Torres joined the Chilean resistance and in 1975 was arrested by the regime's secret police. While in prison, he recited poetry and handwritten quotes about optimism and hope among his fellow prisoners. After being expelled from Chile, Torres came to the U.S. as a political refugee. Torres’ debut book: Walks through the memory of oblivion; tales of resistance, prison, and exile, was published by Unsolicitedpress.com in Oregon. In Antofagasta, Chile, it was published in Spanish as Paisajes desde el olvido by Pampa Negra Ediciones.