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unusual facts about Chile under Pinochet



1985 Chilean telethon

TVN, state television, condemned the actions of Los Prisioneros during this telethon, since the group was openly opposed to the military regime.

La cultura de la basura

Due to the heavy censorship of the military regime in Chile, Los Prisioneros focused in promoting the album outside Chile in other Latin American countries; for this purpose, a special Latin American edition was made.


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Artistic reactions to the 1981 Irish hunger strike

In Bobby Sands desfallece en el muro, Chilean poet Carmen Berenguer draws parallels between Chile under Pinochet and Northern Ireland of 1981, adopting Sands's voice in the first person.