Testimonies

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Sigifredo Ramos Vásquez:

I Can Trust the Lord (Puedo confiar en el Señor)

Music piece by:
Unknown
Experience in:
Cárcel de Temuco, September - December 1973
Tags:
« My experience during our captivity can be summed up in this personal observation. Protest songs were forbidden, so we had no other option than to sing religious songs. »
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Teresa Retamal Silva:

The Rack (El costillar)

Music piece by:
unknown. Folk tune from the south of Chile
Experience in:
Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, Chillán, May 1974
Tags:
« The Cárcel Buen Pastor was a compound run by nuns. They called us political prisoners and were anxious to collect information about us to pass it on to our tormentors. »
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Víctor Canto Fuenzalida:

Filistoque's Cueca (Cueca del Filistoque)

Music piece by:
Víctor Canto Fuenzalida (lyrics), Efraín Navarro (music)
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, June 1974
Tags:
« Filistoque is a real-life person in all his mighty height (1.90 metres tall). I always remember him laughing. In Chacabuco, we shared a house for nearly ten months. Around him, you were never allowed to become depressed or get into a stew over our situation. »
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Vilma Rojas Toledo:

The Brief Space Where You Are Absent (El breve espacio en que no estás)

Music piece by:
Pablo Milanés
Experience in:
Cárcel de Coronel, 1986 - 1988
Tags:
« I recall that during my time as a political prisoner, Pablo Milanés was one of our greatest companions. His songs filled us with life, helped us to keep breathing and living behind the bars imposed by Pinochet’s military dictatorship. »
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