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In the car, the sexual, physical and verbal abuse began. It continued at Club Atlético – where the women were stripped, handcuffed, hooded and given their numbers, K52 and K53. “Whoever walked past would insult you, or beat you, or throw you to the ground,” Elgueta recalled. They could hear fellow prisoners walking in chains. The Chilean torturers made no attempt to disguise their nationality, and Elgueta and Sonia’s interrogation focused solely on Chile’s exile community in Argentina. The women were taken to the torture room by turns. Beatings, more sexual abuse and electric shocks followed. “They’d say: ‘Now the party can really start.’ Despite all we know and have read, you cannot imagine what human beings are capable of. It was a house of horrors,” Elgueta told me. “When my sister-in-law came out of one session, they had given her such strong electric shocks that she was still trembling.” … [Read more...] about Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

Who better to turn to at a time of social isolation than an act whose best-known special was staged for an audience comprising just her mum and dad? That was an awkward watch – but happily, Maria Bamford widened access to her latest offering, Weakness Is the Brand. She performed several of its routines on her London debut two years ago, before recording this LA performance last year. It showcases a more contented comedian whose volatile mental health (the subject of her Netflix series Lady Dynamite) is now lower in the mix. But weakness is still the brand, she boasts, showing off her trembling hand – and her comedy is as complicated, playful and emotionally exposing as ever. … [Read more...] about Maria Bamford: Weakness Is the Brand – a comic totally in command

We've been able to alert lifesaving patrols or people in the water directly, to the presence of sharks nearby on numerous occasions,' SLSNSW Operations Manager, Public Safety Brent Manieri told 9News.  … [Read more...] about Terrifying moment a school of sharks take over the shallows of a popular beach – forcing officials to close the swimming spot to the public

The French Catholic nun looks in total control of her unusual choice of transport as she went to cast her vote in the first round of the country's legislative elections. … [Read more...] about Catholic nun spotted floating to vote by scooting around on a hoverboard

@LauraSlattery said the tense match had been hard to watch: 'The problem I have watching #UniversityChallenge is I can’t bear the embarrassment of the one-sided contests, but I also get tense when the scores are close. This programme is just too harrowing.'  … [Read more...] about University Challenge viewers enjoy ‘boat race’ nail-biter with Oxford and Cambridge neck-and-neck on points with minutes to go during battle for a quarter-final spot