Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Ibieta (born 10 January 1936) is a Chilean

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and

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who served as

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during

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until Death of Salvador Allende, his death in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973. As a ...

's government. In his country, he is commonly known for being a fierce supporter of

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Military dictatorship of Chile, Chile from 1973 to 1990. From 1973 to 1981, he was the leader ...

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. More precisely, he is known for being a leading

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of the

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. For long time Hermógenes Pérez de Arce was a regular columnist in ''

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''. Prior to that, he was active in '' Portada'', a magazine with conservative, Catholic and

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leanings. He is also a writer and has written several books. In 2003 he was homaged in Casa Piedra by hard-line Pinochetists for "rescuing the historical truth of Chile". In December 2019 Pérez de Arce was expelled from the TV program ''Bienvenidos'' by hostress

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for his repeated denialist comments. Subsequently, Senator Alejandro Navarro proposed a Chilean law against denialism dubbed "Ley Hermógenes".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pérez de Arce Ibieta, Hermógenes 1936 births Mass media people from Santiago, Chile Living people National Party (Chile, 1966) politicians University of Chile alumni 20th-century Chilean politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians Chilean anti-communists

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