June 23, 2024
I have been dealing with a lot lately, both emotional and financial. I have neighbours who don’t understand boundaries and have not a considerate bone in their bodies. They are arrogant, entitled ignorant assholes who believe they are owed respect, but display no attributes deserving it. They collectively have no light in them, it is all darkness – which is how Patrick was able to use one of them to show himself to me a couple of times the week before last. This was my reason for making an appointment with the shaman, because I thought Patrick was actually here in person. She explained he has gotten into black magic and can use others to intimidate me. I will write about this later, but for now I wish only to explain the reason for my dream visitor. As I was reminded, no one fucks with the daughter of Che Guevara!!!! This I understand – there is a heavy price to be paid for the harm done and being done. However it is up to me to defend rather than accept their intimidation.
The dream is completely lost now, which is unimportant, the only value was in the visitor who arrived at my home unexpectedly. It was a very long dream which laid a backdrop for the reason this man was in my home. He was familiar, but I did not recognize him until I woke up. It is difficult for papa to come to me in the waking hours because I am almost always in fight or flight here in Canada. This country represents the reason I had the life of a victim, it has never been a place of safety. This is because I was forced to lose my identity, my roots through violent acts. There is no reminder here of who I am, my family, my heritage. The family who raised me hated everything about who I was, teaching me to do the same. Canada represents to me – all that was lost, the very core of my being. This is where I was taught to be invisible, be one of the disappeared.
The man who was visiting, although he seemed not to want to leave, was preparing to go. He approached me for a hug as we said good bye. Once I was in his arms, I did not want him to leave. The comfort of home enveloped me as I lay my head on his shoulder, the feel of my arms around him, my hands touching his back can still be felt. Sitting here now writing about it, I accept the moments spent in his arms were every bit as real as I am. Papa has always managed to find a way to reach into my thick wall of protection to be heard, to be felt. Quiero mucho a mi padre!
Papa has taught me over the last few days to say these words, which are to be repeated every time I feel like slipping back into the role of victim. There is not much hope there will be understanding of my story here, because people do not have a measuring stick to go by. My story is just that…..a story, the depth of corruption, hate and violence which happened because I was born cannot be fathomed – my scars are for the most part internal, the only one visible is that which has left a red mark on my cheek. Much energy is given daily to keep hidden the affects of what happened. In any case people see what makes them feel more comfortable, not wishing to be reminded of the darker side of humanity, as if somehow this keeps it from entering their lives. Unfortunately this is how the darkness gets a foothold, taking root while we’re all looking the other way.
Soy Gabriel Guevara, hija de Che Guevara. Ten respeto por favor, por todo lo que he pasado! (I am Gabriel Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara. Please have respect for all I have been through.)
June 24, 2024
I copy and pasted part of an article read a few weeks back, which caused me a great deal of distress. I have highlighted the one part which horrifies me. What is most appalling is the lack of response from the trump-man requesting this kind of talk to Stop! And please do not insult me by saying he never saw it, because if he had not seen it, there are plenty of people around him who should have pointed out the disgusting reality of what was being said. If I found it without trying then so did he. It’s exactly what he does look for, this demented, violent support.
Why is this so horrific? Because someone I loved, the woman who I call my surrogate mother, was killed in this way while I watched. I was in the plane watching her fall as a very young child, without any understanding of what was happening. There is no way to describe the experience as one by one, the men and women disappeared from my sight. I spent the majority of my life not knowing where she was falling to, not understanding they drugged her in order to make her complacent as they pushed her. There was no way for me to understand her destination was the ocean never to be seen again by me. Any who have my book will have read this story, although probably not comprehending it’s significance. It was one of the memories safely locked in the safe room of my mind. When it was retrieved, there was still no understanding because I could not connect the incident to my new life – my past was never talked about in Canada…..ever! It was not until 2017 when I read about this way of killing those considered a threat to the government of Argentina at the time, that I understand the truth of what I lost, why and how.
If anyone thinks today that after the last few years, they understand what it is to live in a dictatorship, they are seriously ignorant of such a reality, which is a blessing. Until you spend time in a compound, as I have, with hundreds of other people who were taken off the street or from their bed in the night at gun point for having an opinion, until you’re surrounded by their fear, living and breathing it daily, with no concept of the amount of time passing, until you fully understand there is No Limit to the amount of pain and suffering they are willing to inflict, you have no concept of what a dictatorship means.
When someone campaigning to be president of a country, speaks of confining those who disagree with them, you know you’re heading into a very dark place with no solutions and where death becomes what you hope for. The trump-man is a Pinochet, Perón or Batista in the making – those backing him are complicit in all his crimes against humanity. It is North Americans ignorance regarding the devastation which happens in South America, largely due in fact, to the interference of our governments, that allows the arrogant, self entitled, ignorant leaders like the trump-man to continue abusing their power. This man has a following unafraid to project such ideas spoken of in the following article – it is not a very big step from saying to doing if left unchecked and this is what disturbs me most – how unconcerned people have become with the violent reactions to every possible discussion. Absolutely everything that comes out of his mouth is filled with anger, revenge and hate. That is, when he can actually speak a full coherent sentence, which is quite rare. Trust me, this is not the path you want to go down. This is exactly what my father was fighting against, it is so much worse now. We are here because of ignorance and greed.
I am not well versed on the workings of government, I hate politics which is interesting considering how political my parents were, but then again, maybe that’s why – corrupt politicians in North America and South America destroyed my life. I recognize the unmistakable energy of the dark souls running for office in Canada and the United States. This is something that never leaves you! I cannot look at the Trump-man or Trudeau without wanting to vomit, recognizing on a level most here could not understand, what they are capable of.
Hardcore followers of Donald Trump are calling for riots, insurrection, and assassination after he was criminally convicted of falsifying business records on Thursday.
A New York jury found the former president guilty on 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up payments to porn star Stormy Daniels as part of a conspiracy to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
Republican politicians widely refused to accept the verdict from the Manhattan trial, decrying the process as “rigged”, “corrupt”, “ridiculous”, and “bulls***”.
But in messages seen by The Independent, and others reported by Reuters, Trump loyalists on right-wing social networks went much further.
“Find the jurors. All of them. Take no prisoners,” wrote one user on a Trump-focused message board.
“Just give them the rope,” said another, in an explicit reference to lynching. “The time for talking has long gone. Let them swing outside the courthouse.”
Some posts used coded language, such as one which urged “short drops” – that is, execution by hanging – for the people responsible for Trump’s trial.
Another user replied with “short walks and long drops”, plus a helicopter emoji – an apparent reference to “death flights” such as those used by right-wing dictators in Argentina and Chile to dispose of dissidents.
One post seen by Reuters claimed that “someone in New York with nothing to lose needs to take care of Merchan,” referring to the judge who oversaw the trial, while another declared: “Time to start capping some lefties.”
The overwhelming sentiment from MAGA loyallists is that Trump’s conviction is wholly unjustified, and proves that the American political and justice systems are irretrievably rigged.
“One million men (armed) need to go to Washington and hang everyone. That’s the only solution,” said one message quoted by Reuters.
The majority of posts seen by The Independent did not preach violence but instead were advocating electoral solutions or non-violent civil disobedience. But calls for extrajudicial murder were not difficult to find.
A thread urging Trump supporters to “LEGALLY destroy the professional lives” of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, and trial judge Juan Merchan attracted particular scorn.
“That’s a lot of unnecessary words to say ‘try and hang’,” replied one user. “All the ghillie suits in America and you want to use the broken and corrupt judicial system. F*** off,” said another, referring to a type of camouflage suit used by military snipers.
Other responses included “my AR-15 is legal”, “rope”, and “they have addresses. you know”.
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