Victor Marillanca, refugee who put Spanish on the air, dies at 69

Victor Marillanca in October 2006 behind the panel at 2XX's studios, where he presented the long-running Coneccion Latino Americana program. Picture by Graham Tidy

Victor Marillanca, who fled Chile as a political refugee and went on to serve Canberra's Spanish-speaking community for nearly five decades presenting on community radio, has died. He was 69.

Mr Marillanca died on Tuesday afternoon surrounded by his family, a statement shared by the Coneccion Latino Americana program on social media said.