☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoAt least 200 children and women rescued from Lev Tahor Jewish sect in Guatemalawww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkAt least 200 children and women rescued from Lev Tahor Jewish sect in Guatemalawww.independent.co.uk☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareHowAbt2morrow@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoWhich other cult moved to Central America? Asking for a culty friend?
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-26 days agoPeople’s Temple (the Jonestown folks) moved to Guatemala Guyana. There’s also Colonia Dignidad in Chile and Joao de Dios in Brazil, although he’s homegrown. Then there’s all the Mennonites currently setting up farming communes in the Amazon.
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoJonestown was guyana
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoWasn’t heavens gate in like Bolivia or something?
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group) Headquarters Manzano, New Mexico (1995–1996) Rancho Santa Fe, California (1996–1997)
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoBolivia isn’t part of Central America, nor the other countries listed (Brazil, Chile, Guyana). I think you meant Latin America?
minus-squareHowAbt2morrow@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoYeah, these are all South American countries which I was aware of and why I was surprised about Central America being a destination.
Which other cult moved to Central America? Asking for a culty friend?
People’s Temple (the Jonestown folks) moved to
GuatemalaGuyana. There’s also Colonia Dignidad in Chile and Joao de Dios in Brazil, although he’s homegrown. Then there’s all the Mennonites currently setting up farming communes in the Amazon.Jonestown was guyana
Whoops, fixed!
Wasn’t heavens gate in like Bolivia or something?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group)
Bolivia isn’t part of Central America, nor the other countries listed (Brazil, Chile, Guyana). I think you meant Latin America?
Yeah, these are all South American countries which I was aware of and why I was surprised about Central America being a destination.