Chile — Politics and government — 1973-1988.

  • Joan Jara and Quilapayun interviewed by Kathy Jarvis

    Joan Jara, wife of Victor Jara, a Chilean folksinger who was executed during the September 11, 1973 coup d’etat that toppled Salvador Allende; and members of the folksinging group Quilapayun are interviewed by Kathy Jarvis[?]. The folk music as protest weapon is discussed and how the Chilean women have responded to the executions of their…

  • Testimony of a mother of a desaparecido / produced and read by Paz Cohen.

    Reading of the deposition of Oriana Sánchez Romero, mother of university student Maria Isabel Beltrán Sánchez, who was arrested in Chile on December 18, 1973, tortured and killed by military police, and whom the junta said had fled to Argentina with other extremists. The first three minutes provide historical background and context of missing persons…