Ariel Takeda

Ariel Takeda is a professor with a degree in Education. A Nisei, Takeda was born and raised in southern Chile. For six years, he has been director and writer of the newsletter “Nikkei Informative” for the Japanese Beneficence Society. In 2002, he was the primary author of the chapter on Japanese migration in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas: An Illustrated History of the Nikkei (AltaMira Press). In 2006, Takeda published the book, Anecdotario histórico: Japoneses Chilenos (primera mitad del siglo XX). He continues to research and write about Japanese culture. He is currently working on “Nikkei Chilenos – Segunda Mitad del Siglo XX” and the novel “El Nikkei – A la Sombra del Samurai.”

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Comentando "Biografia" de A. Fujimori

By Ariel Takeda
30 Oct 2007

A MANERA DE INTRODUCCION:

A consecuencia del artículo titulado "Alberto Fujimori: una biografía cinematográfica " (26/09/07) del historiador Antonio Zapata Velasco de la U. de San Marcos (Perú); no he podido quedarme indiferente ante su contenido. Primero, porque se empeña en construir su imagen a partir de chascarros de corrupción pero acallando, por ejemplo, su rol sin precedentes jugado durante la tormentosa década del 90. Segundo, porque pretendiendo ser una "biografía", sólo se queda con acomodos localistas de lo que podría ser la personalidad de este estadista que logra vuelo ...

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