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David Meléndez Tormen

Humanist and diversity activist. Born in 1972 in Santiago de Chile. Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities and German-English to Spanish Translator, with studies in journalism. Currently doing a M.A. on Social Transformations. Collaborator in Pressenza since 2018. Co-author, with Riccardo Marinai, of the book Mjuros que Hablan, a compilation of graffitis from the Chilean "estallido social" of 2019.

‘My brother Sergio’, a novel in homage to Sergio Tormen Méndez, a Chilean cyclist arrested and disappeared by Pinochet agents

We interviewed Ítalo Hernández Ibacache, author of the book in homage to Sergio Tormen, a well-known cyclist arrested in 1974 and disappeared since then. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his detention by state agents. The launch of the…

Celebration of the 55th Anniversary of Silo’s Talk on “The Healing of Suffering” in Punta de Vacas, Argentina

This Saturday, May 4, was the 55th anniversary of Mario Rodriguez Cobos, better known as Silo, speech in the Argentinean town of Punta de Vacas, very close to the Aconcagua Mount, in the middle of The Andes Mountains. In 1969,…

Meeting between Chilean authorities and the Chinese province of Sichuan

“Sichuan, much more than pandas”, says the brochure part of the gift pack given to those attending China (Sichuan) – Chile Promotion Conference, and boy, is it true: the ties between our country and this thriving Chinese province are so…

China gives local media its annual press conference on the “2 sessions” of the NPC and CPPCC

Yesterday, Niu Qingbao, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Chile, held his annual press conference on the sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also known as the “Two Sessions”.…

The Chile-EU Treaty to be debated in Congress in April

In a hearing requested by Chile Mejor sin TLC, the Director of Bilateral Relations of the Sub-Secretariat of International Economic Relations, Sebastián Gómez, broke the official silence and announced on the afternoon of 13th March that President Boric will send…

Buddhist monastic shares their journey of forging a healthy relationship between their queerness and their faith

“My faith has helped me with my queerness and my queerness helps me in making my faith inclusive” by Tashi Choedup From the time I was a child, it was my faith that kept me grounded, and that gradually gave…

“The Inner Look” for children and a Mapudungun translation of Silo’s Message: two contributions to the spread of Siloism

We talked to Saúl Asenjo, a long-time Siloist who today lives in the state of Pennsylvania, near New York. From there he has managed and helped to produce two interesting editorial contributions for the dissemination of Siloism among children and…

China in the world: Proposals backed by facts

Pressenza was one of the media invited to the press conference held by the Chinese Embassy in Chile this morning. Ambassador Niu Qingbao read Xi Yinping’s report to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), held this…

Edu Barbeira: experimenting in the “Identities Lab +” in Santander

We interviewed Edu Barbeira (Stambolsky) for Pressenza.com’s Gender and Sexualities in Latin America series in Spanish. Continuing our series Gender and Sexualities in Latin America, we interviewed Edu Barbeira, an artist and activist we met in Barcelona a couple of…

Felipe Muñoz (Felipink), gay singer and performer: “Getting closer to sexual authenticity may be shocking, but it is very necessary in this country”.

Continuing with the series “Gender and sexualities in pandemic”, we interviewed the multifaceted Felipe Muñoz, better known as “Felipink”, who for more than a decade has been a prominent artist in the Chilean LGBTB+ urderground. I recognise myself as a…

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