Cantos Cautivos
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- Music piece by:Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « The Puchuncaví Prisoners Camp had a daily routine similar to that of military regiments. In a ridiculous ceremony, the flag was raised every morning at dawn and then it was taken down at nightfall. »
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- « But, looking at it with different eyes, it also was amusing, because it gave us another chance to sing at the top of our voices the line that goes: “Que o la tumba serás de los libres, o el asilo contra la opresión” (May you be the grave of the free or the refuge from oppression). »
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- Music piece by:Eduardo Serrano
- Testimony by:Luis Cifuentes Seves
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January – February 1974
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- « This is one of the songs the band Los de Chacabuco arranged and performed at the weekly show authorised by the military. »
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- « The shows were held in a large compound (which could hold over 1,000 people) that was prepared by the prisoners themselves. A stage had been built at a height enabling a good view of the artists. »
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- Music piece by:Patricio Manns
- Testimony by:Renato Alvarado
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- « I arrived at Tres Álamos on the eve of the departure for Mexico with a large group of prisoners. The group included Dr. Ipinza, who before leaving entrusted me with the job of physician, the medicine donated by the Red Cross, and his position in the
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- Music piece by:Patricio Manns
- Testimony by:Fernando Aravena
- Experience in:Cárcel de Santiago, 1989
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- « The political prisoners organised mateadas once or twice a week, during which we did poetry and sang songs, amongst them ‘El cautivo de Til Til’ by Patricio Manns, ‘Samba Landó’ and ‘Vuelvo’ by Inti-Illimani, ‘Valparaíso’ by Osvaldo ‘Gitano’ Rodríguez, and songs by Eduardo ‘Gato’ Alquinta and Silvio Rodríguez. »
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- Music piece by:unknown. Folk tune from the south of Chile
- Testimony by:Teresa Retamal Silva
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, Chillán, May 1974
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- « 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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- « The conditions in the prison were destitute, and we experienced hunger. The space consisted of a large gallery divided into two. The back section was for those prosecuted and convicted for common crimes and for minors detained for running away from their homes. The section at the entrance was designated for political prisoners and housed a single dormitory with numerous beds. »
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- Music piece by:Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer
- Testimony by:Joaquín Real Hermosilla
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- « Some 30 leaders and activists from the Popular Unity parties were arrested in Coyhaique and confined in Las Bandurrias, fifteen kilometres from the city, in a compound used as a veterinary clinic for horses. »
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- « Songs such as ‘Venceremos’ (We Shall Be Victorious), ‘El pueblo unido jamás será vencido’ (The People United Will Never Be Defeated), ‘Plegaria a un labrador’ (Prayer to a Labourer), and others were chosen. If a prisoner did not sing or forgot the lyrics, the agents would beat him violently with their fists and feet or with their rifle butts. »
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Recinto: Recinto DINA Industria abandonada frente a la ex Citroen (Nun & Germán)- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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Recinto: Base Aérea La Chamiza, Puerto Montt- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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- Music piece by:Hamlet Lima Quintana
- Testimony by:Ana María Jiménez
- Experience in:Villa Grimaldi, April 1975
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- « I want to recall a night at Villa Grimaldi. »
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- « Lausic, Cedomil »
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- Music piece by:Spanish version of 'Makhnovtchina', attributed to Ukranian anarchist Nestor Makhno, based on anonymous Russian melody.
- Testimony by:Julio Laks Feller
- Experience in:Recinto DINA, José Domingo Cañas Nº 1367, September 1974
- « I arrived at Tres Álamos on the eve of the departure for Mexico with a large group of prisoners. The group included Dr. Ipinza, who before leaving entrusted me with the job of physician, the medicine donated by the Red Cross, and his position in the