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Trump is promising to be a dictator and his supporters are expressing support for crimes against humanity committed by the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Three years ago, the Intercept published an illuminating article about the rise of the “Hoppean snake” among far-right extremists, a meme which the Intercept labelled especially “disturbing for its frightening historical reference”. For the uninitiated, the Hoppean Snake in its various forms usually depicts a serpent wearing the military hat of the American-backed Chilean dictator Gen Augusto Pinochet in the foreground while figures are dropping out of helicopters to their death in the background. The meme specifically refers to Pinochet’s known strategy of kidnapping, torturing, killing, and – here’s the point – throwing his political opponents out of helicopters and into the ocean to dispose of them. The Intercept noted that many groups and individuals on the far right, such as the “Boogaloo Bois, Proud Boys, Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, armed Trumpists, and the like wear T-shirts that offer ‘free helicopter rides’.” and when they do so, “they are referencing a program of extermination.” It’s alarming to see such rhetoric from the far-right fringes; imagine seeing this kind of political violence being advocated by a sitting politician or someone seeking the highest office in the land. Well, you don’t have to imagine it any more. Last week, the Republican congressman Mike Collins of Georgia did just that. On Twitter/X,, Collins commented on a widely circulated picture of Jhoan Boada, a man who was recently arrested for allegedly assaulting two police officers in New York City outside a migrant shelter. Boada was one of seven men arrested, and multiple reports refer to him as a “migrant”. After leaving court, Boada was photographed raising his two middle fingers to reporters as he walked away. The picture prompted Republican congressman Anthony D’Esposito of New York to offer the racist riposte: “We feel the same way about you. Holla at the cartels and have them escort you back.” Collins then joined in. “Or we could buy him a ticket on Pinochet Air for a free helicopter ride back,” he wrote. As HuffPost’s Christopher Mathias, who covers the far right, put it on X: “So we have a congressman joking or not joking about extrajudicially executing a migrant arrested for a crime (allegedly assaulting a cop) that tons of non-migrant citizens get arrested for too.” Mathias also notes that the “free helicopter ride” meme has been popular with white supremacists and neo-fascists for about the last seven years. [ ... ] Jews, Muslims, immigrants – everything is a threat. Violence is the solution. Opponents should be assassinated. Fascists are role models. Welcome to the Republican party in the year 2024.

Pinochet was a general who seized power in Chile in 1973. Very likely he had backing from the Nixon administration which was in the midst of Watergate. Pinochet immediately set about torturing and murdering his opponents. He remained in power until 1990 when he lost a referendum on whether he should remain as dictator. He actually expected to win that referendum or he wouldn't have held it; such is the self-delusion of the far right.

Once a dictator comes to power, there are few controls over when he or she leaves. People should believe Trump and his lickspittles when they talk dictatorship.

Snooty ideological purists who condone voting for impotent third parties or sitting out the 2024 election should be publicly scorned.

If Biden wins then you know there will be a free and fair election in 2028. If Trump wins, the best you can expect is a Russia-style election where Putin chooses who his opponents will be.

NOTE: Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, who made that racist reply to Rep. Mike Collins, represents NY-04 which is a swing seat south of NY-03 which was formerly represented by fabulist George Santos. NY-04 has a Cook Partisan Voter Index of D+5; Joe Biden got 56.8% of the vote there. So in case you need it, here's the site of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHTS

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BOTERO Colombia, Canada, France, China, Italy, U.S., Monaco, 2018 Director: Don Millar

Festival Summary: His style is instantly recognizable, his art greatly sought after, and his vision admired all over the world: Colombian legend Fernando Botero is, without a doubt, one of the greatest living artists today. An intensely avid learner and private person, he has never made much mention of his start in provincial Medellín and how he educated himself traveling through Europe – a past that allowed him to pave his way to eventually become El Maestro. In Botero, director Don Millar offers a poetic chronicle of the painter's life and art. Shot in 10 different cities all over the world, the film digs deep into Botero's roots to follow his ascent to the pinnacle of the art world, where he has secured himself a permanent position.

BUY ME A GUN Colombia, Mexico, 2018 Director: Julio Hernández Cordón Cast: Matilde Hernández Guinea, Rogelio Sosa, Sostenes Rojas, Wallace Pereyda, Ángel Leonel Corral, Ángel Rafael Yanez, Mariano Sosa, Jhoan Martínez

Festival Summary: A retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that plays both with gender and the notion of adventure tales, Buy Me a Gun is set in the near-future of Mexico where women are disappearing and children are being abducted with frightening impunity. A young girl named Huck wears a mask to hide her gender as she helps her dad, a tormented addict, take care of an abandoned baseball camp in service to a gang of narcos who use it for recreational purposes. With the help of her friends, a group of lost boys who have the power of camouflaging themselves in the windy desert, Huck has to fight to overcome her reality and to defeat the local capo. All given a hallucinatory texture by director Julio Hernández Cordón's famously stunning visual inventiveness, Buy Me a Gun creates a dark world where fear rules and violence is routine.

GIGANTES Spain, 2018 Director: Enrique Urbizu Cast: José Coronado, Isak Férriz, Daniel Grao, Carlos Librado

Festival Summary: Miami Film Festival is proud to present the first two episodes of one of the biggest hits of 2018's TV fall lineup in Spain. With a total of six episodes, Gigantes is a restless, bold, fast-paced tale of brotherhood and rivalry, where alliances are broken as quickly as they are made, and blood loss and violence reign supreme. In this world, the three brothers will have to learn to stand united against their rivals and the police, or they will risk losing the empire their ruthless father built, the only thing they have ever called home.

GOLDEN YOUTH Belgium, France, 2019 Director: Eva Ionesco Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Galatéa Bellugi, Melvil Poupaud, Lukas Lonesco, Alain-Fabien Delon, Nassim Gguizani

Festival Summary: Rose (Bellugi), 16, was abandoned by her parents when she was a child, but thankfully she has her fiancé Michel (Lonesco) by her side, who loves her as much as she loves him. Through their rose-tinted glasses, they see the Paris they move to as the most magical, exciting city on Earth: it's the height of the Palace years, and they find themselves living alongside eccentrics, artists, and intellectuals. Rose and Michel can't help but being swept up into the exuberance of their new friends' lifestyles, full of extravagant parties and eternal nights. It's at one of said parties that they meet Lucille and Hubert, a couple of bourgeois bohemians who take a liking to the young couple. Soon, an unusual relationship will develop between the four of them, blurring the lines between friendship, love, and sex more than they could have ever imagined.

HELMET HEADS Chile, Costa Rica, 2018 Director: Neto Villalobos Cast: Arturo Pardo, Daniela Mora, Harvey Monestel, Charly Mora, Gabriel Rojas, William Quiros, Janko Navarro

Festival Summary: Motorcycle messenger Mancha lives the good life, enjoying the camaraderie of his workmates as they carouse around the streets of San José, Costa Rica, and hookups with his girlfriend, Clara. That is, until a sudden and massive layoff at the motorcycle company ends the party, and Clara announces she is moving to Isla Caballo, where motorbikes are not permitted. Faced with the reality of losing his job and his love, Mancha will have to reach deep within to lead his motley group of misfits, dodging usual and unusual obstacles, to find a way to triumph without even holding any cards.

KNIFE+HEART France, Mexico, Switzerland, 2018 Director: Yann Gonzalez Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Nicolas Maury, Jonathan Genet, Romane Bohringer, Elina Löwensohn, Jacques Nolot

Festival Summary: It's the summer of 1979 and in the streets of Paris, France, a serial killer is on the loose. But Anne – played by radiant French pop superstar Vanessa Paradis – isn't aware of this yet. Instead, she is sulking over her breakup with Loïs, her lover and the editor of the third-rate gay porn Anne produces. In an attempt to win her back, she decides to shoot her most ambitious film yet, with the full support of her flamboyant best friend Archibald. But Anne gets more than she bargained for when one of her actors is brutally murdered and she gets caught up in a bizarre investigation. Making her way through dimly lit streets, busy sets, and sweaty clubs to do the job of the ineffectual investigators, Anne is accompanied by a killer retro score composed by French electronic band M83, only one of the many aesthetic details director Yann Gonzalez carefully chose for his vibrant ode to '70s horror cult classics.

NOTTI MAGICHE Italy, 2018 Director: Paolo Virzì Cast: Mauro Lamantia, Giovanni Toscano, Irene Vetere, Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti

Festival Summary: Three young aspiring screenwriters – working-class Luciano, scholarly Antonino and bourgeois Eugenia – are summoned to Rome as finalists in a national competition sponsored by the Italian film industry's old guard. The boozy evening carries on and on, with the actual award seeming like an afterthought to the assembled aging eccentrics hanging on to the dying lights of the Golden Age of the Italian film industry. But when one of the venerable old movie producers turns up murdered at the end of the evening, the police turn to the young upstart screenwriters as their prime suspects. As they are questioned over the course of the night, each writer elaborates on their own fantastical version of what happened on that fateful night.

SHADOW China, 2018 Director: Don Millar Cast: Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Kai, Wang Qianyuan, Wang Jingchun, Hu Jun, Guan Xiaotong, Leo Wu

Festival Summary: In Pei, a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king (Zheng Kai), everyone has their own scheme. Most of all the military commander (Deng Chao), who is a brave and accomplished warrior on the battlefield, but has to face peril inside the palace walls too. He has a secret weapon, however: his "shadow," a look-alike who can deceive both Pei's enemies and the King himself. As he prepares to triumph over a rival kingdom for control of the city of Jing, the commander hatches an intricate plan unlike any seen before, leading up to a combat of indescribable consequences.

THE ACCUSED Argentina, Mexico, 2018 Director: Gonzalo Tobal Cast: Lali Espósito, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Daniel Fanego, Gael García Bernal\

Festival Summary: Dolores Dreier (Lali Espósito) is a typical fun-loving high school student – but when her best friend is brutally murdered and Dolores is accused of the crime, her carefree and privileged existence comes to a hard stop. As Dolores awaits trial, the sensationalistic, tabloid-type media coverage (with global star Gael García Bernal playing a TV talk show host with a particular interest in the case) seems to result in a predetermined judgment by the court of public opinion.

THE BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE Spain, 2018 Director: Dani de la Orden Cast: Leo Harlem, Toni Acosta, Maggie Civantos, Jordi Sánchez

Festival Summary: Curro is a kitchen robot salesman who dreams of making it big in the financial world. After a marital crisis, and despite being burdened by debt, he makes a promise he cannot possibly keep: if his 9-year-old son, Nico, gets straight A's in school, then Curro says he will take Nico on an unforgettable summer holiday. When Nico fulfills his part of the deal, father and son set out on a journey that will change their lives. The Best Summer of My Life is an enchanting comedy about our flights of fancy in showering our loved ones with untold joys. Curro's greatest gift to Nico is to dream with abandon and yet not forget who he is, bringing a message of resilience and love.

THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCÍA Cuba, Germany, 2018 Director: Arturo Infante Cast: Maria Isabel Díaz, Omar Franco, Néstor Jiménez, Yerlin Pérez

Festival Summary: Celeste is a widow living a tranquil, unadventurous existence in Havana, fulfilling her daily shifts as a tour guide at the local planetarium. One day when several "Cubans" mysteriously vanish into thin air, the government announces that aliens have been living in Cuban society disguised as humans, and that these foreign guests are now returning the favor by inviting humans to visit their far-away world. It all makes perfect sense to Celeste – she had always thought that her "Russian" neighbor Pauline was eccentric, but now learns she was truly from another planet! Celeste discovers that Pauline has left her a personal invitation to join her and joins the government preparation program to journey to the far unknown.

THE HARVESTERS France, Greece, Switzerland, South Africa, Poland, 2019 Director: Etienne Kallos Cast: Brent Vermeulen, Alex van Dyk, Juliana Venter, Morne Visser

Festival Summary: With a powerful new voice, a first-time Greek-African filmmaker explores sexuality, religion and masculinity in the deep South African countryside. Two teenage boys start a dangerous fight for power, heritage and parental love that will change both of their lives forever. Religion and field work are the guiding principles of their conservative farming community, where strength and masculinity are valued above all else. In this repressive environment, Janno keeps his feelings to himself. One day his mother brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to treat this stranger as his new brother. But Pieter does not want to be saved…

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING U.S., 2018 Director: Tom Donahue Cast: Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Rashida Jones, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Oh, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish

Festival Summary: This Changes Everything seeks to explore the causes and consequences of ingrained discrimination that women in Hollywood have continued to face. Tracing back a decade of Hollywood history to get to the root of the persisting gender disparity in the industry, this powerful documentary features interviews with engaged members working for meaningful change, among them Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Rosario Dawson, Taraji P. Henson, Cate Blanchett and young, up-and-coming talent such as Chloë Grace Moretz and Yara Shahidi.

THIS IS NOT BERLIN Mexico, 2019 Director: Hari Sama Cast: Xabiani Ponce de León, José Antonio Toledano, Ximena Romo, Mauro Sánchez Navarro, Klaudia García, Marina de Tavira, Hari Sama, Juan Carlos Remoina, Lumi Cavazos, Américo Hollander, Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Festival Summary: 17-year-old Carlos doesn't seem to fit in anywhere: not with his friends, who won't stop talking about the upcoming 1986 World Cup, and not at home, where no-one understands his biggest passion, his record collection. He spends his days listening to his favorite music and daydreaming about Rita, his best friend's older sister, fully settled into the monotony of his day to day life. But then, Rita invites him and Gera along to a place Carlos had only dreamed of before: the mythical nightclub Azteca, where neither rules nor limits seem to exist. As Carlos is roped further and further into the punk nightlife scene, he is confronted with drugs, sexual fluidity, and consequences he never saw coming.

TREMORS France, Guatemala, 2019 Director: Jayro Bustamante Cast: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diana Bathen Evans, María Telón

Festival Summary: In Guatemala City, the very ground the city is built on is fragile and unreliable for its people. It shakes and destroys at will, often with catastrophic results. Under these circumstances, Guatemalans hold strongly onto their faith, the only stable thing they have ever known. Pablo is no different, a good Catholic man who has visited church all his life and is faithful to his wife Isa and their two beautiful children. But when he meets Francisco, immediately falls for him, a sin in the eyes of his church and his family. As Pablo battles his own internalized homophobia, he has to deal with his surroundings' disgust at this discovery, too: he loses his job, the right to see his children, the support of his community. Encouraged by Isa and their Pastor, he starts attending conversion therapy, and soon enough, everything seems to be going back to normal – that is, until the ground starts trembling again.

This was originally published in Wire Magazine Issue 4.2019

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