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She had been making sound recordings
on a motocross in Betekom near Aarschot.
"She's a composer." This was not
the somewhat coarse Boet, that
Henk was used to. So ... different.
Carmenita Scarfone was her name.



"I was born in Belgium but my parents
came from Chile. No, not refugees because
of General Pinochet, but earlier.
Affluent people, who left the country
because of Allende. My father went
back to Chile, quite a time ago."
And Boet couldn't resist saying:
"And her mother recently lives with
a former priest, somewhere in Leuven
So Carmenita is the sole ruler over here."
Whereupon she gave him a disapproving look.


Pinochet and Allende