Cantos Cautivos

We Shall Prevail (Venceremos)

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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« From the deep crucible of the homeland »

Mid-Afternoon Love (Amor de media tarde)

Music piece by:

Sergio Vesely

Testimony by:

Sergio Vesely

Experience in:

Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976

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« This song is dedicated to Graciela Navarro, who managed to make my prisoner's life more beautiful on the days we were allowed to receive visitors. »

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« woman’s body in the wind. »

For the Guy Who's Leaving

Music piece by:

Alfredo Zitarrosa

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, November – April 1974

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« Marcelo Concha Bascuñán, a member of the Los de Chacabuco band, was a young man of great charisma and personal skills. He had been a swimming champion and was an outstanding guitarist and singer. »

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« Don’t forget the payment »

« This cueca was composed at Chacabuco sometime between November 1973 and February 1974 and was sung by Los de Chacabuco, of which Víctor Canto and I were members. »

Lucky Devil (El suertúo)

Music piece by:

Víctor Canto and Luis Cifuentes (lyrics), Roberto Parra (music)

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, November 1973 - February 1974

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« From the Stadium we arrived »

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

Boris Chornik Aberbuch

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, March 1975

Tags:

« The Puchuncaví detention camp’s daily routine included mandatory participation in the ceremonies of raising and taking down the Chilean flag on the flagpole at the entrance to the camp. »

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« I was detained in Panguipulli on 24 September 1973, along with 17 other young people. I was a high school student. I was also working at the forestry and logging company of Huilo Huilo, which had been taken over by the working class. »

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

anonymous

Experience in:

Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, September 1973

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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. »

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

Sergio Vesely

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, 1975

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« We arrived at Dawson Island on the afternoon of 11 September. All we knew was that we had been arrested in the morning - nothing else. »

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

Eduardo Ojeda

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, September 1973

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Barlovento

Music piece by:

Eduardo Serrano

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January – February 1974

Tags:

« 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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« fiery land of the drum »