
779 results where found for «A Cueca Finger-picked in Solidarity»
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Anexo Cárcel Capuchinos, 1976
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- « This song is a tribute to Miguel Enríquez, Secretary-General of the
MIR , who was gunned down by a commando of the dictatorship’s secret police on 5 October 1974. »- [...]
- « as your father said in Havana »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « The night of 24 March 1976, the residents of cell 198 hardly slept. We hadn’t slept on account of a long, heated discussion about the prospects of revolution in Latin America’s Southern Cone. »
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- « the Americas are determined. »
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- Music piece by:Nydia Caro and Ricardo Ceratto
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Calle Irán Nº 3037 / Venda Sexy / La Discotheque, 12 - 18 December 1974
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- « I have never been a great music listener. Nevertheless, before the coup I used to listen to
Nueva Canción , especially Quilapayún and Rolando Alarcón. I also liked cumbias, to fool around. We would dance and have fun. »- [...]
- « and I'm singing »
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- Music piece by:Nydia Caro and Ricardo Ceratto
- Testimony by:Ángeles Álvarez Cárdenas
- Experience in:Villa Grimaldi, 6 - 15 January 1975
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- « At that time, many prisoners were subjected to extreme torture in the interrogations. Some managed to get through those processes alright, while others broke down. »
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- « and I'm singing »
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- Music piece by:Mario Patricio Cordero Cedraschi
- Testimony by:Mario Patricio Cordero Cedraschi
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, Winter of 1975
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- « I’d spent two years in prison and there was no end in sight for my time in jail. I observed during visiting hours that many prisoners had children, a wife, family. »
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- « A shadow driven by the wind »
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- Music piece by:Ángel Parra
- Testimony by:Luis Cifuentes Seves
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, November – December 1973
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- « Ángel Parra organised and directed the band Los de Chacabuco until his release from prison. Angel only conducted the group, and never sang or played an instrument. The exception was his farewell concert, which was the only time he sang at Chacabuco. »
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- « In capturing you »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « Prison forced me to think quite a lot about my political past and my total commitment to an ideological cause, and its consequences. »
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- « what pains me most »
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- Music piece by:Claudio Iturra (lyrics) and Sergio Ortega (music)
- Testimony by:Lucía Chirinos
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974
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- « The parish priest at Buen Pastor played the accordion. He played so beautifully. Because I played the piano, I asked him if I could borrow it. 'I'll lend it to you' he said. »
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- « all Chile begins to sing. »
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- Music piece by:Claudio Iturra (lyrics) and Sergio Ortega (music)
- Testimony by:María Cecilia Marchant Rubilar
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, September 1973 - January 1974
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- « I was studying to be a chemistry teacher at the University of Chile in La Serena. I was 21 years old when I was arrested. I think I was picked up due to a specific fact. I was regularly sent copies of the El Rebelde newspaper by train, in order to distribute them in parts of Region IV. »
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- « all Chile begins to sing. »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Jara
- Testimony by:anonymous
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, September 1973
- « I have never been a great music listener. Nevertheless, before the coup I used to listen to
- « This song is a tribute to Miguel Enríquez, Secretary-General of the