Cantos Cautivos
199 results where found for «Song of a Middling Man»
- Music piece by:Tito Fernández
- Testimony by:Servando Becerra Poblete
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, 9 November 1973 - 10 November 1974
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- « I recited this poem in the National Stadium. I continued to do so in the Chacabuco prison camp, earning the nickname of “Venancio” from my fellow prisoners. »
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- « A man, I told myself »
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- Music piece by:Eugène Pottier (lyrics) and Pierre Degeyter (music). Popularised by Quilapayún in Chile in the 1970s.
- Testimony by:Ana María Jiménez
- Experience in:Villa Grimaldi, April 1975
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- « In April 1975, the triumph of Vietnam was celebrated. We heard about it through a comrade who went to the bathroom and found a piece of the week’s newspaper. It was so beautiful for us to be there, having shouted so often for Vietnam at demonstrations. »
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- « for all humanity. »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « The dream of the political prisoner was to regain freedom. All of us would feel joy when one of us was about to be released from prison, although it far from easy to see a comrade depart. Even less so for those who suspected they would never enjoy that privilege. »
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- « A man, a child, a woman »
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- Music piece by:Manuel M. Ponce
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976
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- « To every comrade who had a birthday, we would sing 'Las mañanitas' and we would give them presents. The majority of the female prisoners would come together and sing to you. I spent one birthday in prison. Birthdays were important for everyone because we were alive. Because you have a birthday when you’re alive. »
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- « These are the mañanitas »
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- Music piece by:Manuel José Castilla (lyrics) and Gustavo Leguizamón (music). Popularised by Mercedes Sosa
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « We arrived at Camp Compingin on Dawson Island on the afternoon of
11 September . We knew that we had been arrested that morning, and we knew nothing else yet. »- [...]
- « a coachman will keep you company »
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- Music piece by:José Luis Armenteros and Pablo Herrero, popularised by Nino Bravo.
- Testimony by:Marianella Ubilla
- Experience in:Campamento Prisioneros Estadio Regional, Christmas 1973
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- « I was taken prisoner on 23 November 1973, at the University of Concepción. In the Regional Stadium of Concepción, we had to sing the National Anthem every day. »
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- « My siblings, who were also political prisoners, have tried to kill themselves many times. »
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- Music piece by:Liborio Bórquez Guzmán, popularised by Héctor Pavez
- Testimony by:Rubén Torres Ávila
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- « When I was in the last year of secondary school at the Liceo 8 in Santiago, I suggested to a teacher to do an interview with a prisoner of the youth detention centre Blas Cañas. After the interview, I offered the prison’s governor to take the school’s folk group to present a show to the inmates. »
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- « Cárcel de Menores Blas Cañas / Centro de Reinserción Abierto Manuel Rodríguez »
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- Music piece by:Piotr Ilich Tchaikovski
- Testimony by:César Montiel
- Experience in:Colonia Dignidad, April 1975
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- « In Colonia Dignidad, they played Swan Lake by
Tchaikovsky a lot. It was very repetitive. To several comrades, it reminds them of torture. It is not very enjoyable for us to listen to this piece at this life stage, because it transports us back to all the suffering, to what they did to us. »- [...]
- « (1840-1893) Russian composer from the Romanticism period. »
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- Music piece by:Piotr Ilich Tchaikovski
- Testimony by:Carmen Espinoza Alegría
- Experience in:Colonia Dignidad, April 1975
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- « When we arrived at Colonia Dignidad, they threw us into a shed. I despaired, took off my hood and a guard gave me a slap so hard that I fell to the ground. This was my arrival at the Colonia. »
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- « (1840-1893) Russian composer from the Romanticism period. »
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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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- « In Colonia Dignidad, they played Swan Lake by
- « We arrived at Camp Compingin on Dawson Island on the afternoon of