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 [es] presented her with the Lenka Franulic Award, which she shared with Carmen Machado.[3]

Erica Vexler
Died(2011-04-30)30 April 2011
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityChilean
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor, television presenter
ChildrenMariana
AwardsLenka 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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ González, Gustavo (19 May 2011). "En memoria de Ted Córdova y Érica Vexler" (in Spanish). University of Chile. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. ^ Puelma Urzúa, Hernán (1968). Alí-Babá y sus 40 periodistas [Ali Baba and His 40 Journalists] (in Spanish). Editorial Desierto. p. 19. Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Listado de todos los periodistas premiados" [List of All Award-Winning Journalists] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Faculty of Communications. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b Baltra, Lidia (May 2011). "Mi Compañera Erica Vexler" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2017 – via University of Chile.
  5. ^ a b Biedermann, Niels; Strasser, Judith; Poluda, Julian (2006). "Colonia Dignidad – Psychotherapie im ehemaligen Folterlager einer deutschen Sekte". Zeitschrift für Politische Psychologie (in German) (1–2): 111–127.
  6. ^ Santibañez, Abraham (3 July 2016). "Misterioso contrato" [Mysterious Contract]. La Prensa Austral (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2017.