Cantos Cautivos

Today I Sing for the Sake of Singing (Hoy canto por cantar)

Music piece by:

Nydia Caro and Riccardo 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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« Nydia Caro and Riccardo Ceratto »

Love Song (Canción de amor)

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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« I need to live »

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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« if you go up to the city »

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

« 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. »

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

Boris Chornik Aberbuch

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, March 1975

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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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« This is one of the songs the band Los de Chacabuco arranged and performed at the weekly show authorised by the military. »

Barlovento

Music piece by:

Eduardo Serrano

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January – February 1974

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