Erica Vexler
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Erica Vexler Poreiki (died 30 April 2011[1]) was a Chilean journalist, editor, and television presenter best known for her reporting for the magazine Ercilla – of which she was editor in 1966 and subsequently subeditor until 1970 – and for presenting the program Erika Vexler 600 on Canal 13.[2] In 1968, the National Association of Women Journalists of Chile presented her with the Lenka Franulic Award, which she shared with Carmen Machado.[3]
Erica Vexler | |
|---|---|
| Died | 30 April 2011 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupations | Journalist, editor, television presenter |
| Children | Mariana |
| Awards | Lenka Franulic Award |
In 1970, after the victory of Salvador Allende in the presidential election, she moved to Israel, where she served as a correspondent for Televisa.[4]
Colonia Dignidad case
Vexler was one of the first journalists to investigate and publish a series of denunciations about the conditions that existed in the former Colonia Dignidad, in co-authorship with Osvaldo Murray and Juan Ehrmann.[4][5][6] These incited the first judicial inquiry into the colony between 1966 and 1968, without conclusive results.[5] Such reports appeared in Ercilla during the 1960s:
- Vexler, Erica; Muray, Osvaldo; Ehrmann, Juan (30 March 1966). "Tras los Muros de la 'Dignidad'" [Behind the Walls of the 'Dignidad']. Ercilla. Torrente, Heliodor.
- Vexler, Erica; Ehrmann, Juan; Muray Q., Osvaldo (6 April 1966). "La Colonia del Terror". Ercilla.