This has nothing to do with Arabs in Latin America, but Iquique is about 15% Arab, so possibly some of the cast in this video are Palestinian-Chileans.
Anyhow, it is a break.
I think this is one of the silliest fads to hit the world.
Opinion
Clarifying Ideas – El Salvador
This is a program called Clarifying Ideas from El Salvador.
I wish my Spanish were better, but his general topics on this show were Arab culture and the Palestinians.
Notice that the speaker’s is named Kattán, which is an Arabic surname. (Hint: Qattan)
As best as I can tell, this gentlemen is pushing an Islamic, as well as Arabic, point of view on his program.
Salvador has many Arabs among them.
Ironically, a former President of El Salvador (2004-2009), Antonio Saca, was a descendant of Palestinian Catholics from Bethlehem, now under a degree of Israeli martial law (it is bordered by the wall).
Even more ironically, Antonio Saca, though descended from Catholics, is a strong Evangelical Protestant.
Even more more ironically, El Salvador was the last country to have its embassy in Israel’s Jerusalem – considered a show of support for Israel’s claim to Jerusalem.
Almost all embassies are now in Tel Aviv.
Telesur Supports Gaza
Telesur (Television South) is headquarted in Chavez’s Venezuela.
They use maps which are intrinsically anti-Israel.
As expected, TeleSur is hostile to Israel. At (0:58) they use a map which is used only by those groups who are hostile to the existence of Israel.
Such a graphic would never be seen on American TV,as it is inherently anti-Israel, and accuses the Jews of stealing the whole country from the Palestinians.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT TELESUR USED
The maps is only used by those groups hostile to the existence of Israel.
They did not even bother to translate the legends from English to Spanish.
Such a map would never be seen on American TV, because it is inherently biased against Israel. That the announcer on TeleSur uses it as an authoritative map indicates a hostile bias.
The map has been floating around for years on the Internet, and seems to have first appeared on Neo-Nazi websites. At least, that is where I spotted the map first; but I could be wrong about its origin.
What is most interesting is that they are using an English language map. They did not even bother to translate it into Spanish. [Though blurry, if you expand it to full screen, you can see the writing is in English.]
In other words, TeleSur’s research is almost nil, they just lifted the image from somewhere else. TeleSur is passing on pre-packaged anti-Zionist media from somewhere else. They do not even have the decency to to translate it. Just broadcast the first anti-Israel map they could find.
What this indicates is an intrinsic bias which, rather than examining the facts, merely passes along any piece of propaganda which fits their pre-conceived notion.
I knew Chavez was biased, but this indicates an intellectual dishonesty that is breattaking in its lazinees.
I know Israel puts out Hasbara propaganda, but it is not usually that sloppy.
Newspaper Reports on Chilean Protest
This is a news report by El Ciudadano (The Citizen) in Santiago, Chile.
The original is here.
Forgive any errors in translation.
El Ciudadno (the Citizen) is a Chilean Newspaper.
More of the same, but as we note, Chile has a very influential Palestinian population. So the Gaza War is drawing strong interest.