Dear Editor,<\/p>\n
I found [it] appalling to see the U.C. Berkeley Campus extending an invitation to Felipe Kast from Chile. Mr. Kast, a former member of Pinochet\u2019s political party UDI, and his family, were and are well known supporters and collaborators of the Pinochet dictatorship.<\/p>\n
Felipe Kast is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. on April 1, 2016 as part of the 7th Latin American Business Conference [at] the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business\u2019 Latin and Hispanic Business Association (LAHBA), Memorial Stadium, 210 Stadium Rim Way Berkeley, CA 94720.<\/p>\n
[News reports have connected] Mr. Kast\u2019s family to the massacre of 22 families in Paine, south of Chile. Obviously, Mr. Kast can\u2019t be responsible for the actions of his family. But, as a congressman and a former supporter of Pinochet, he has refused repeatedly to speak about this horrendous crime.<\/p>\n
After 40 years, the families of Paine are still looking for justice and their disappeared family members. It\u2019s time he confronts this issue, especially in Berkeley where a great majority of the Chilean community came escaping from the bloody Pinochet regime.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,
\nHector Salgado,
\nSantiago, Chile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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