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== Personal Life ==
== Personal Life ==
Lira is a direct descendant of [[José Miguel Carrera]], the first president of Chile, and [[Ignacio de la Carrera]], who signed the first declaration of independence of [[Chile]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-06 |title=Chilean Genealogy website |url=https://www.genealog.cl/Apellidos/Carrera/#ValdesCarrera,Ambrosio |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Genealog Chile |language=en}}</ref>

Lira is married to a Ukrainian citizen. They have two young children.{{fact|date=April 2022}}
Lira is married to a Ukrainian citizen. They have two young children.{{fact|date=April 2022}}


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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lira and the second or maternal family name is López.
Gonzalo Lira
Born
Gonzalo Lira López

(1968-02-29) February 29, 1968 (age 56)
Burbank, California, U.S
Nationality
Alma materDartmouth College
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • Film director
  • Financial blogger
  • YouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
Subscribers148,000[1]
Total views5,068,659[1]
Last updated: 21 April 2022

Gonzalo Lira López (born February 29, 1968) is a Chilean-American novelist,[2] film director, financial blogger, YouTuber, and commentator in the manosphere known as Coach Red Pill.[3] He became internationally prominent after allegedly being detained by the Security Service of Ukraine.[4][5][6][7]

Biography

Lira was born to Chilean parents in Burbank, California.[8] He grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, New York, Miami and also Guayaquil, Ecuador. He graduated from Saint George's College, Santiago in 1985, and from Dartmouth College in 1995, with a degree in history and philosophy.[9]

In December 1996, Lira signed a million-dollar book contract with G. P. Putnam's Sons to publish a commercial thriller entitled Counterparts. In 1997, he published a Spanish-language novel, Tomáh Errázurih. In 1998, he directed a short action film, So Kinky. He published a second English-language commercial thriller, Acrobat, in 2002. In 2005, in Chile, he filmed Secuestro, which despite a large investment,[citation needed] was not successful nor had good critical reviews.[10]

Between 2010 and 2013, Lira published economic analysis on his blog as well as Business Insider,[11] Zero Hedge,[12] Naked Capitalism[13] and other financial news blogs. He made a forecast about possible hyperinflation that might threaten the US dollar.[14]

From 2017, Lira was active on YouTube, under the pseudonym Coach Red Pill (CRP). This name is an allusion to Red Pill and Blue Pill symbolism in the Manosphere community. The content was anti-feminist in nature and appealed to incels.[10][15] He published over 500 videos, gaining 324,000 subscribers and over 50 million views.[16] In November 2021, Lira deleted most of his CRP content and began posting under his legal name.[3][10]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Lira was in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where he expressed his assessment of what was happening on his YouTube channel from what has been described as a "pro-Russian" or "pro-Moscow" perspective.[3][17] During the rapid Russian offense into Kyiv, Lira criticised the government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy for arming the local population with weapons when the Territorial Defense Forces was expanded,[12] a move that Lira claimed caused a rise in crime.[18] Lira did not provide any evidence to corroborate this claim.[19] In other videos, he claimed that as opposed to American war doctrine, which he claimed emphasised "total destruction", Russian goals were to leave Ukraine civilian infrastructure intact, claims for which he reportedly received large scale online harassment from Ukrainians.[20]

Gonzalo Lira in 2005 while producing the film Catalina's Kidnapping

Some of Lira's content was featured in Channel One Russia without Lira's authorization, which went viral in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.[citation needed] This led to his being removed from the hotel in Kyiv where he was staying. Lira wanted to return to Kharkiv with his family, which he achieved after the incident, after which he video blogged on events during the Battle of Kharkiv. Lira has been critical of the billionaire businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi and the American diplomat Victoria Nuland whom he accuses of having orchestrated the Euromaidan. [citation needed]

On 17 April 2022, George Galloway, former British MP, announced on his television program "The Mother of All Talk Shows" that an interview with Gonzalo Lira scheduled for that edition could not be carried out due to his disappearance in Ukraine. Friends and relatives of Lira confirmed that they had lost contact with him since 15 April with his numerous followers concerned about his fate.[5] Lira's disappearance was confirmed by the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[21][22][23][24]

The Cyprus Mail quoted Alex Christoforou, who claimed that Chilean embassies and consulates worldwide received "hundreds of thousands of calls" with questions about Lira’s fate. Honorary Consul George Zachariades confirmed that he had "no information on Lira’s whereabouts."[5]

On 21 April, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, commented in her official capacity as to Lira's whereabouts, and said that "We sincerely hope that... Gonzalo and his family are doing well".[25]

On 22 April, Lira confirmed being safe. Lira told Alex Christoforou that he was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine. Lira did not deliver details about his detention but stated that he is still in Kharkiv and was told by the Ukrainian authorities not to leave the city.[citation needed]

On 24 April, Lira appeared on George Galloway's show where he confirmed that he was indeed arrested by Ukrainian forces, but was unable to provide more information due to it being an ongoing case.[26]

Personal Life

Lira is a direct descendant of José Miguel Carrera, the first president of Chile, and Ignacio de la Carrera, who signed the first declaration of independence of Chile.[27]

Lira is married to a Ukrainian citizen. They have two young children.[citation needed]

Filmography

  • So Kinky (1998) — writer, director.
  • Secuestro (2005) aka Catalina's Kidnapping — co-writer, co-producer, director.

Publications

  • Lira, Gonzalo (1997). Tomáh Errázurih. Santiago: Grijalbo Mondadori. ISBN 978-956-258-057-1.
  • Lira, Gonzalo (1998). Counterparts. New York: G.P. Putnam Sons. ISBN 978-0-399-14312-0.[28]
  • Lira, Gonzalo (2002). Acrobat. New York: St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-28694-1.[29]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Gonzalo Lira". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Gonzalo Lira: "Escribir no es ningún misterio"". La Tercera. 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Hay, Mark (2022-03-21). "How a Sleazy American Dating Coach Became a Pro-Putin Shill in Ukraine". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ^ "Apareció el periodista chileno-estadounidense en Ucrania: "Estoy físicamente bien"" (in Spanish). Mendovoz. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Missing Chilean vlogger turns up after being held in Ukraine | Cyprus Mail". Cyprus Mail - English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. Retrieved 2022-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Noticias, Córdoba Buenas. "La desaparición del periodista chileno que criticó públicamente a Zelenski". Córdoba Buenas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  7. ^ "Chile confirma pérdida de contacto con su periodista en Ucrania" (in Spanish). 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  8. ^ "Gonzalo Lira: "Escribir no es ningún misterio" [entrevistas] [artículo] : Andrés Gómez Bravo". BND: Archivo de referencias críticas. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. ^ "El hombre del million de dolares (The million dollar man)" (PDF). Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile (National Digital Library of Chile). 1996.
  10. ^ a b c Fossa, Lissette (2022-04-20). "Qué se sabe de Gonzalo Lira y su misteriosa desaparición en Ucrania" [What is known about Gonzalo Lira and his mysterious disappearance in Ukraine]. INTERFERENCIA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  11. ^ "Business Insider articles written by Lira". Business Insider. 2022.
  12. ^ a b Codrea, David (2022-03-18). "Conservative Sympathy for Russia in Ukraine War an Exercise in Cognitive Dissonance". Firearms News. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. ^ "Naked Capitalism articles written by Lira". Naked Capitalism. 2022.
  14. ^ "What Hyperinflation Will Look Like In America". Business Insider. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  15. ^ "Todo sobre Gonzalo Lira, el chileno del que se perdió contacto en Ucrania". Mala Espina (in Spanish). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  16. ^ "Social Blade statistics for Coach Red Pill YouTube channel". Social Blade. 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  17. ^ Koydl, Wolfgang (2022-04-23). "Eiserner Besen" [Iron Broom]. Die Weltwoche (in German) (published 2022-04-21).
  18. ^ "Robberies, rapes happening in Ukraine after govt armed civilians to fight Russians: YouTuber". The Week. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  19. ^ "Watch video: Man goes on bizarre rant, claims 'evil' Ukraine Prez Zelenskiy handed out weapons to criminals". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  20. ^ "Находящийся в Киеве американский бизнесмен Гонсало Лира Лопес объяснил действия ВС РФ. Ридус". www.ridus.ru. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  21. ^ Meganoticias (2022-04-18). "Chileno que informaba sobre la guerra en Ucrania está desaparecido: esto escribió en caso de quedar inubicable". meganoticias.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  22. ^ "Reportan desaparición de periodista chileno Gonzalo Lira en Ucrania: rastro se perdió el 15 de abril". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  23. ^ "Cineasta chileno está desaparecido en Ucrania: Tenía una entrevista pactada pero no llegó". CHV Noticias (in Spanish). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  24. ^ "Preocupación por supuesta desaparición de escritor chileno en Ucrania: no hay noticias de él desde el 15 de abril | Crónica". La Cuarta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  25. ^ "Russian Foreign Ministry Hopes Chilean Journalist Missing In Ukraine 'Is Doing Well'". UrduPoint. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  26. ^ The Mother of All Talkshows Ep. 153 with George Galloway, retrieved 2022-04-24
  27. ^ "Chilean Genealogy website". Genealog Chile. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  28. ^ "Publisher's Weekly review of "Counterparts"". Publisher's Weekly. 1997-12-01. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  29. ^ "Publisher's Weekly review of "Acrobat"". Publisher's Weekly. 2002-03-04. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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