CD Palestino – Latin Arabia

A Short Video on Chile’s CD Palestino

Latin Arabia CD Palestino, Gaza War - 2023-24, Other, Sports November 13, 2023November 13, 2023Chile, Santiago 0 Comment

Posted on YouTube: November 7, 2023

This is from Al Jazeera Spanish.

It is about the Palestinian Soccer Club in Santiago, Chile (CD Palestino).

CD Palestino = Club Deportivo Palestino = Palestinian Sports Club

The soccer club is world famous.

The comments (underneath the Video, on the YouTube page) show that a lot of people who are not Arab, nor Palestinian, nor from Chile, root for the team.

The team has taken on a political life of its own.

This particular video has been politicized, as it references the present Gaza War in one of its images.

Palestinian Soccer Team in Chile Still Grips Imagination

Latin Arabia CD Palestino, Sports October 28, 2023October 28, 2023Chile, Santiago 0 Comment

Posted on YouTube: May 2023
(You have to watch it on YouTube)

Another fascinating video from Chile about the soccer (futbol) team, CD Palestino. It has been an international sensation.

The fans of CD Palestino (Palestinian Sports Club) affectionately call themselves Baisanos because their ancestors, who came to Chile 100 years ago called themselves countrymen, which is Spanish is paisano, only, being Arab in origin, they mispronounced the p as B, hence Baisanos.

At one time, the team members were required to be of Palestinian origins, but that is no longer required.

The fan base include a lot of non-Arab aficionados.

The video (which you have to click to watch on YouTube itself) shows that the team in Chile has become a sort of unofficial national team for the Palestinians in the Mideast. But there are issues. The Chilean team sponsors gender equality which does not go over so well in the repressed Islamic region.

Palestino Soccer Club Is Now An International Force

Latin Arabia CD Palestino, Palestinians, Politics, Sports June 20, 2022June 21, 2022Chile, Santiago 0 Comment

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Posted on YouTube: October 21, 2020

The documentary is subtitled in English.

This is not exaggerationg, but the Palestino [Palestinian] Soccer Club of Santiago, Chile has become world renowned. It gets involved in Mideast Politics.

NOTE: The team is regularly referred to as CD Palestino which means Club Deportivo Palestino, which means Palestinian Sports CLub.

Locally, in Chile, CD Palestino will have moments of silence before any game for any occasion when Palestinians are killed in the Mideast conflict between Israel and Palestine.

CD Palestino’s fame has spread to the Mideast, where its players are more well known that they are in Chile.

This team is well known internationally, however, there is another force in Chile … Evangelical Christians, and they are … pro-Israel. On a per capita basis they may not be as rich as Palestinian-Chileans, but there are a whole lot more Evangelicals than Palestinians.

Palestinian Woman Discusses Sports in Chile

Latin Arabia CD Palestino, Sports May 1, 2021May 1, 2021Chile 0 Comment

Posted on YouTube: Feb 27, 2021

A recent discussion on YouTube about the politics of Chile’s CD (Sports Club) Palestino. The Sports Club Palestino is almost totally unknown in America, but is a major force in South America.

This blog has been reporting on CD Palestino (Sports Club Palestino) in Chile for eight years. It is a major force in South American sports, and is a major political issue in both Chile and the Mideast.

If you would like to read the article being discussed, it can be found (here).

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