This Opinion piece was written by Mirtha Rivera, a resident of Regina who came to Canada from Chile as a political refugee. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ.
I know what it’s like to feel fear to venture outside, to feel that it’s safe not to go anywhere, to live under a regime that weakens people and breaks them to the point they would agree to anything to stop the violence they face.
I know what that’s like, because I survived the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. I came to this country as a political refugee in the
