Nueva canción
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Nueva canción is a left-wing social movement and musical genre in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, characterized by folk-inspired styles and socially committed lyrics. Nueva canción is widely
Mercedes Sosa from Argentina was among the very early nueva canción musicians
Mercedes Sosa performing in 1967
Orange Revolution
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The Orange Revolution was a series of protests that led to political upheaval in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005. It gained momentum primarily due to the initiative of the general popu
Nueva canción
…Galtieri's Argentina. Due to their strongly political messages, some nueva canción songs have been used in later political campaigns, for example the Orange Revolution, which used Violeta Parra's "Gracias a la vida". Nueva canción has become part of Latin American and Iberian musical tradition, but is no longer a…
Orange-clad demonstrators gather in the Independence Square in Kyiv on 22 November 2004.
Viktor Yushchenko, Yanukovych's antagonist
Viktor Yanukovych, Yushchenko's main opposition
Protest during the Orange Revolution