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minus-squareHowAbt2morrow@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·18 hours agoWhich other cult moved to Central America? Asking for a culty friend?
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-212 hours agoPeople’s Temple (the Jonestown folks) moved to Guatemala Guyana. There’s also Colonia Dignidad in Chile and Joao de Dios in Brazil, although he’s homegrown. Then there’s all the Mennonites currently setting up farming communes in the Amazon.
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 hours agoJonestown was guyana
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoWhoops, fixed!
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoWasn’t heavens gate in like Bolivia or something?
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoBolivia isn’t part of Central America, nor the other countries listed (Brazil, Chile, Guyana). I think you meant Latin America?
minus-squareHowAbt2morrow@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoYeah, these are all South American countries which I was aware of and why I was surprised about Central America being a destination.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group) Headquarters Manzano, New Mexico (1995–1996) Rancho Santa Fe, California (1996–1997)
Which other cult moved to Central America? Asking for a culty friend?
People’s Temple (the Jonestown folks) moved to
GuatemalaGuyana. There’s also Colonia Dignidad in Chile and Joao de Dios in Brazil, although he’s homegrown. Then there’s all the Mennonites currently setting up farming communes in the Amazon.Jonestown was guyana
Whoops, fixed!
Wasn’t heavens gate in like Bolivia or something?
Bolivia isn’t part of Central America, nor the other countries listed (Brazil, Chile, Guyana). I think you meant Latin America?
Yeah, these are all South American countries which I was aware of and why I was surprised about Central America being a destination.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group)