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3 unusual facts about Carlos Francisco Chang Marín


Carlos Francisco Chang Marín

One of his best-known creations comprise the lyrics for Tio Caiman, made famous by the Chilean group Quilapayún.

Changmarín was born in Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, being the second son of an out-of-wedlock union between Carlos Chang, a rich, Chinese-Panamanian merchant, and Faustina Marin, a campesina.

He is highlighted among several others by (Milciades Amores C, Mario Riera Pinilla, Alejandro Chock Valdés, Gonzalo Castro, René González and Eustolio Darío Him) as a pioneer of the Prensa Chica (small press) movement in Panama, with his participation in El Cholo newspaper.



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