172 results where found for «Región de Aysén»

National Anthem of Chile

Music piece by:
Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer
Testimony by:
Joaquín Real Hermosilla
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Las Bandurrias, actual Regimiento Bulnes, Coyhaique, September 1973
Tags:
« Some 30 leaders and activists from the Popular Unity parties were arrested in Coyhaique and confined in Las Bandurrias, fifteen kilometres from the city, in a compound used as a veterinary clinic for horses. »
[...]
« Aysén Region »
[Read full testimony]

The Dead Man Won't Be Pinned on Me (Ese muerto no lo cargo yo)

Music piece by:
Graciela Arango de Tobón, popularised in Chile by Giolito y su Combo, and by Los Vikings 5
Testimony by:
Joaquín Real Hermosilla
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Las Bandurrias, actual Regimiento Bulnes, Coyhaique, September 1973
Tags:
« From that troubled time, I would like to remember an activity that kept us active during the harsh confinement in Las Bandurrias. It is about music, an artistic expression that revealed the talent of several political prisoners and allowed us to endure the confinement for almost six months. »
[...]
« Aysén Region »
[Read full testimony]

Cantata Our Great Mother (Cantata Nuestra Madre Grande) - Towards the Light (Hacia la luz)

Music piece by:
Manuel Luis Rodríguez Uribe (lyrics), Fernando Lanfranco Leverton (music), Marco Antonio Barticevic Sapunar (notation)
Testimony by:
Fernando Lanfranco Leverton
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, December 1973; Cárcel de Punta Arenas, September 1975
Tags:
« Most of us, political prisoners from the Magallanes region, were transferred to the detention and torture camp on Dawson Island on 21 December 1973. We came from the more than twenty detention, torture and interrogation centres of the civil-military dictatorship in the Magallanes region. »
[Read full testimony]

South-Eastern Storm (La Sudestada)

Music piece by:
Poni Micharvegas
Testimony by:
Luis Alfredo Muñoz González
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Cuatro Álamos, late February 1975
Tags:
« While I was in solitary confinement in Cuatro Álamos, one day I noticed there was a large room at the end of the corridor, which, overnight, the dinos had filled with prisoners. »
[...]
« Metropolitana Region »
[Read full testimony]

Beloved Friend (Amado amigo)

Music piece by:
Sergio Vesely
Testimony by:
Sergio Vesely
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, 1975
Tags:
« This song, written in my cell at the Puchuncaví Prison Camp, speaks to a friend and fellow prisoner; it could be any one of the thousands behind bars. »
[...]
« Valparaíso Region »
[Read full testimony]

Why does the afternoon cry (Por qué llora la tarde)

Music piece by:
Antônio Marcos. Popularised in Chile by Claudio Reyes
Testimony by:
Carolina Videla
Experience in:
Cárcel Pública de Arica, January 1989
Tags:
« My prison term happened during the last year of the dictatorship after the No vote won. I was set free because of 'lack of evidence', after a year and a half in prison. »
[...]
« Arica y Parinacota Region »
[Read full testimony]

The Letter (La carta)

Music piece by:
Violeta Parra
Testimony by:
Pedro Mella Contreras
Experience in:
Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, 1987
Tags:
« In January 1987, when solitary confinement was lifted and we were able to receive visitors, a brother who lived in Santiago travelled to see me. »
[...]
« Los Ríos Region »
[Read full testimony]

Lament for the Death of Augusto the Dog (Lamento a la muerte del perro Augusto)

Music piece by:
Sergio Vesely
Testimony by:
Sergio Vesely
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, 1975
Tags:
« Augusto the dog (not to be confused with the journalist Augusto Olivares, affectionately nicknamed 'Augusto the Dog', who was murdered in the Presidential Palace on 11 September 1973), was the mascot of the political prisoners held at the Ritoque concentration camp, and accompanied his master when the military junta decided to close that prison and transfer the inmates to the neighbouring Puchuncaví concentration camp. »
[...]
« Valparaíso Region »
[Read full testimony]

Saint Gregory’s Tonada (Tonada San Gregorio)

Music piece by:
Pedro Humire Loredo
Testimony by:
Pedro Humire Loredo
Experience in:
Tenencia de Carabineros Nueva España, Población San Gregorio, September 1973
Tags:
« This tonada recalls the horrible situation I was subjected to in the cells of the police station in the San Gregorio district in southern Santiago. »
[...]
« Metropolitana Region »
[Read full testimony]

Captive Quena (Quena cautiva)

Music piece by:
Claudio Durán Pardo
Testimony by:
Claudio Enrique Durán Pardo
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, September - December 1975
Tags:
« I first laid my hands on a quena when I was nine years old. It was resplendently fragile and lyrical. My passion for this instrument was immediate, or rather, the quena chose me. »
[...]
« Metropolitana Region »
[Read full testimony]