Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ranging
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In 1969, Jara appeared in Helsinki protests against the Vietnam War.
Víctor Jara's grave in the General Cemetery of Santiago. The note reads: "Until victory..."
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973. As a socialist committed to democracy, he has been
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…the Nueva canción chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. This led to an uprising of new sounds in popular music during the administration of President Salvador Allende. Jara was arrested by the Chilean military shortly after the 11 September 1973 coup led by Augusto Pinochet, which overthrew Allende. He was tortured…
Official portrait, 1970
Salvador Allende's birth certificate.
1958 presidential campaign with a train with Allende's face called the "Victory Train"