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Friday, March 3, 2023

The last days of Víctor Jara: Chile’s political poet killed by the Pinochet dictatorship

 In August, 1973 – a month before he was tortured and assassinated by Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship – the Chilean singer-songwriter and theater director Víctor Jara experienced moments of heartbreak. His story exemplified the convulsive period in the lead-up to the coup on September 11.

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-28/the-last-days-of-victor-jara-chiles-political-poet-killed-by-the-pinochet-dictatorship.html

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