Within a few days of President Allends death on Sept 11, 1973, the first detention and torture centers were established, among them Estadio Chile. This was later renamed Estadio Víctor Jara, in honor of the renowned nueva canción singer who died there at the brutal hands of agents previously enrolled in the notorious School of the Americas. Nueva canción — the revolutionary folk music movement in Chile in the 1960s and 1970s — was considered a major threat to the Chilean right wing, particularly because of its links with Allende as well as the masses. The genre reflected the concerns of the poor and denounced social inequalities. Willingly aligning themselves with the left, nueva canción singers became a focal point of Allende’s electoral campaign. Their importance was clearly inscribed in one particular banner that stated, “There is no revolution without songs.”
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:30:00 +0000
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