Above canvas awnings along the narrow streets in Patronato, a busy commercial district in Chile’s capital, Palestinian flags hang from lampposts and frame warehouse doors.
Bakeries sell baklava, pitta and falafel; and shelves are stacked with products imported from the Middle East, their ingredients hastily covered over with Spanish approximations.
Here in Santiago, 13,000km from Gaza, Palestine’s cause and culture burn brightly: Chile is home to the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Middle East, numbering as many as 500,000 people.
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