Biography of latin american protest music

The 1970 victory of the Popular Unity government led by Salvador Allende in Chile marked the rise of the first democratically elected socialist government in Latin America. After years of social and political unrest, the election of the Allende government was seen as a beacon of hope by the Left, both in Chile and throughout the region.

South american protest songs

As the new president-elect took the stage to greet cheering citizens, a banner above his head read, "You Can't Have a Revolution Without Songs. " It was a powerful statement about the role of music in social and political change that had fueled the emerging popular musical movement in South America known as nueva canción (New Song Movement).

The New Song: Roots and Resistance

First taking shape in the southern cone of South America during the late 1950s and early 1960s, nueva canción, also known as trova and canto, began as a proactive movement that contested the political dictatorships of the times.

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