People'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.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Jonestown was guyana

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Whoops, fixed!

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wasn't heavens gate in like Bolivia or something?

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)

Headquarters Manzano, New Mexico (1995–1996) Rancho Santa Fe, California (1996–1997)

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bolivia isn't part of Central America, nor the other countries listed (Brazil, Chile, Guyana). I think you meant Latin America?

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, these are all South American countries which I was aware of and why I was surprised about Central America being a destination.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 3 weeks ago

Tax breaks