Cantos Cautivos
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The Brief Space Where You Are Absent (El breve espacio en que no estás)
- Music piece by:Pablo Milanés
- Testimony by:Vilma Rojas Toledo
- Experience in:Cárcel de Coronel, 1986 - 1988
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- « 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. »- [...]
- « breaks all my models »
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The Brief Space Where You Are Absent (El breve espacio en que no estás)
- Music piece by:Pablo Milanés
- Testimony by:Pedro Mella Contreras
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- « In the Penitentiary, we listened to the song 'The Brief Space Where You Are Absent' on the radio stations Aurora and Nuevo Mundo. »
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- « breaks all my models »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Canto Fuenzalida (lyrics), Efraín Navarro (music)
- Testimony by:Víctor Canto Fuenzalida
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, June 1974
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- « 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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- « Filistoque's Cueca (Cueca del Filistoque) »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Anexo Cárcel Capuchinos, 1976
- Tags:
- « 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. »- [...]
- « Poet of Destiny (Poeta del destino) »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « Several of my friends and comrades disappeared after being arrested. The dictatorship denied knowledge of their whereabouts but I knew they were lying. »
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- « Song of the Disappeared (Canción del desaparecido) »
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You Will Pay (The Cigarette Smoke) (Pagarás [El humo del cigarrillo])
- Music piece by:Manuel Mantilla
- Testimony by:Fernando Aravena
- Experience in:Cárcel de Santiago, 1989
- Tags:
- « The political prisoners were isolated but when they made us go down to the courtyard, we were with the common prisoners. »
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- « You Will Pay (The Cigarette Smoke) (Pagarás [El humo del cigarrillo]) »
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- Music piece by:Fernando Z. Maldonado. Popularised by Vicente Fernández
- Testimony by:Jorge Montealegre Iturra
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- « At the Chacabucan artistic shows, Hugo sang tangos, including 'Volver' (Return) by Gardel and Le Pera. »
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- Music piece by:Collective creation
- Testimony by:Ignacio Puelma
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisoneros Ritoque, February 1975
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- « The sound of the sea was carried over the cabins of the Ritoque Prison Camp by the wind. It was the daily music given to us as a gift by the ocean. »
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- « That month in the summer of 1975, not so far off, the
Viña del Mar Song Festival was taking place. Our prison camp, resembling a coastal village, decided to follow suit. »- [Read full testimony]
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « This song was written and sung in cell number 198 of Valparaíso’s former prison, that is to say, on the top floor of the main building, which was higher than the walls that surrounded it. »
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- « He guided my gaze to the distant Miraflores Alto hill, located in the neighbouring city of Viña del Mar, from whence Graciela would come to visit me with her warm gaiety, helping me to get through those times of hardship with joy and hope. »
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- Music piece by:Unknown. Traditional Venezuelan song. Popularised in Chile by Isabel and Ángel Parra
- Testimony by:Carlos Muñoz
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, 1975 - 1976
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- « A comrade whose last name was Saavedra (if I recall correctly) sung this song passionately. This song earned him the nickname of
‘El Yopo’ (also ‘Chopo’) , as is usual in popular culture. »- [...]
- « The song was well-known in Chile, as sung by Ángel and Isabel Parra, who called it 'Décimas del folklore venezolano' or 'Coplas Venezolanas'. It was one of the most popular songs in prison and was performed at many of our musical events. It was also sung at Ritoque and Puchuncaví. »
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- « A comrade whose last name was Saavedra (if I recall correctly) sung this song passionately. This song earned him the nickname of
- « This song is a tribute to Miguel Enríquez, Secretary-General of the
- « I recall that during my time as a political prisoner,