her uncle was salvador allende, the chilean democratic leader who was ousted in a coup by general pinochetn 1973, forcing isabel and herfamily to flee to neighbouring venezuela. her books have been translated into more than a0 languages, including her latest novel, violeta. how does she use her own life to inform her work, and how does she interpret political trends across latin america? isabel allende, in california, welcome to hardtalk. now, i can see your book there, your latest one, violeta, behind you, and it depicts an old woman, violeta, writing a letter to her grandson. now, your... camilo. your book came out at a time when we were all experiencing covid, and it's set in 1920 when the spanish flu has just arrived in latin america. 18 million people killed, of course, in that pandemic. so why did you want to write about the spanish flu? is it because of covid? i didn't! really, i didn't. i wanted to write about a woman who was born in the same year that my mother was born, and that is 1920. and then i realised that what they call the spanish influenza had arrived in the southern par

it couldn't be that the president before joe biden, and more re propagation against him than pinochet's army. so maybe it would be better for marilyn manson's career to become a politician in our 2 party sham political system. because then he'd be accepted and loved from the democrats and republicans. we've come to expect nothing less than rapist abusers and faces. in fact, that was before going to michael dukakis in 1988 campaign. i never sort of cast that vote honestly, but i was only a so i was just happy to be breaking the law. we have to go to a quick break, but if you want exclusive redact the night extra content grab the portable dot tv app at portable, got tv slash download. i'll be right back a lot more i i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where said shorter is it conflict with the 1st law? show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence at that point obviously is too great trust, rather than fear. a very job with artificial intelligence, real s

it couldn't be that the president before joe biden and more re propagation against him than pinochet's army. so maybe it would be better for marilyn manson's career to become a politician in our 2 party sham political system. because then he'd be accepted and loved from the democrats and republicans. we've come to expect nothing less than a rapist abusers and faces. in fact, that was the thought of michael dukakis in 1988 campaign. i never saw a cast vote honestly, but i was only a so i was just happy to be breaking the law. we have to go to a quick break, but if you want exclusive redact the night extra content grab the portable dot tv app at portable dot tv slash download. i'll be right back a lot more. join me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. oh. often it, oh, even susie children have been paid for the finance house. i give them about quarter. my much mom with with nice musical michelle in the middle of the issue. a new violin mom on is violet, but the mom of a r

-backed dictator augusto pinochet. quinteros spoke after the vote. >> thank you with all my heart. that we can unite every sector in favor of what we need for the people of chile --unity, transformation, peace, and justice. amy: incoming chilean president gabriel boric welcomed the news and said he looked forward to collaborating on his nation's new constitution. it is expected to include major reforms addressing social and economic inequalities, the environment and indigenous rights. in philadelphia, at least 12 people died wednesday, including eight children, in the city's deadliest fire in over a century. the dead included two sisters and several of their children. the blaze occurred in a row house owned by the philadelphia housing authority. as many as 26 people were inside the building when the fire began. authorities say none of the building's four smoke detectors went off when it started. lawyers for convicted sex-trafficker ghislaine maxwell have asked a federal judge for a new trial after two jurors revealed they were survivors of sexual abuse and had talked about it durin

they were defending the u.s. from some sort of communist takeover and they wore shirts celebrating pinochetor. tell me about your t-shirt. what's with-- what are you saying here? >> it says what it says. >> thompson: what do you mean by that? you're down for fascism is that, is that what you're saying? some wore patches that said rwds-- right wing death squad. fights broke out sporadically. but that march in portland would be the last i'd see of the proud boys for a while. i was drawn away to other stories. >> (over radio): we're under fire, we're under fire, he's got an automatic weapon, he's firing out of the front of... >> thompson: there was the attack on the tree of life synagogue in october 2018 that left 11 jewish worshippers dead. >> 7-1, suspect's talking about... >> thompson: and in august 2019 a gunman who'd ranted about a hispanic invasion opened fire in an el paso walmart, killing 23 people. horrific hate crimes, carried out not by extremist groups, but by individuals. but then, in january 2020, something different caught my eye. (distant cheers) a rally in richmond, virginia.