Though not as well-known as their French counterparts, South America has produced numerous excellent post-impressionist painters over the years.
For those unfamiliar, the painter is Christian McManus (b. Santiago, 1965):
Your mention of the gruesome sight, so frequent in Santiago in the mid-1970s, of bodies floating in the Mapocho River, often remaining there for days in the dry season, reminded me of news I read earlier today that Adolfo Scilingo, the former Argentine Navy Captain who became a household name in Argentina when, in 1995, he made a surprise visit to a left-wing radio station to confess his role in the infamous Death Flights.
Some 8,000 people, as you know, perished that way from '76 to '78, often washing up ashore or being pulled up by fishing nets.
Scilingo was extradited to Spain a few years after his confession thanks to the efforts of Judge Bathazar Garzón (who Rajoy ordered removed six years ago, you'll recall).
He was sentenced in 2005 to multiple life sentences - but just today was discovered to be roaming freely in the Madrid suburb where his family now lives. Scilingo had apparently been granted frequent and extensive furloughs by the right-wing judge.
He was recognized by an Argentine man who happens to live in the same suburb.
https://www.vozpopuli.com/actualidad/internacional/escondite-Sicilingo-Madrid_2_1134206569.html
Great hearing from you as always, Judi. Have a restful weekend. 
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