Negro Matapacos (“Black Cop-Killer”) was a famous stray dog from thestreets of Santiago who joined student protests across the city from 2010, and in particular during the 2011 movement for free education.

he was a stray dog from the streets of Santiago, and began joining student demonstrations in 2010. The following year, one of the biggest social movements since the fall of the military dictatorship began, fighting for free education and against neoliberal reforms to the education system.

Negro Matapacos was then seen regularly at every demonstration, defying tear gas and water cannons and always barking at or attacking only the riot police, and never any students or rioters. He subsequently continued to appear sporadically at future demonstrations, and hung out on university campuses, becoming beloved to student and radical movements as a symbol of resistance to violent authority.

His last days were spent resting with people who took him in, with a crowdfunded veterinarian.

Some people who knew him sent us some of their memories of him, telling us how he defied tear gas and water cannons, and only ever barked at or attacked police officers, and never students or rioters.

After his death, his legacy lives on in songs, street murals, an award-winning documentary and in the memories of all those who knew him. He was a good boy.

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  • Wertheimer [any]
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    2 years ago

    CW: New York Times. Nicaragua Silences Its Last Outspoken Critics: Catholic Priests

    Edit: "The scale of religious repression in Nicaragua has brought back memories of the worst years of the Central American civil wars of the 1980s, when dozens of priests and nuns in nearby El Salvador and Guatemala were murdered by both sides for speaking out against dictatorships."

    Right, both sides . . .

    On 25 March 1980, US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance revealed that the White House would continue to fund the Salvadoran government and it provide military aid, in spite of the pleas of Romero and his death immediately prior to this announcement.[69] On 31 March 1983, Roberto D'Aubuisson was allowed entry to the United States by the State Department after deeming him not barred from entry any longer. When asked about D'Aubuisson's association with the assassination of Romero, the Department of State responded that "the allegations have not been substantiated."[70] In November 1993, documents by the Department of State, Department of Defense, and the Central Intelligence Agency were released after pressure by Congress increased. The 12,000 documents revealed that the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush knew of the assassinations conducted by D'Aubuisson, including that of Romero, yet still worked with him despite this.[71] (from Wikipedia)

    • Mexidude93 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Thanks, but I meant a real answer lol. Was the West trying some regime change shit through them, like when the main opposition canidate was barred for corruption cuz she was bankrolled by US NGOs, or what?

      • Redcuban1959 [any]
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        2 years ago

        Some catholic payed by gusanos got arrested for trying to overthrown Ortega, nothing new :ortega-clap:

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        2 years ago

        The bishop whose arrest started this is Rolando Alvarez . It looks like he's a puppet of the Iniciativa Democrática de España y las Américas, which seems to exist specifically to criticize Maduro and other Latin American leftists. I guess it's Ortega's turn.

        • Mexidude93 [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          LOL I knew my Marxist Spidey Sense was going crazy for a reason