Written by the legendary Chilean folk singer Víctor Jara, the 1971 song, “El Derecho de Vivir en Paz,” or “The Right to Live in Peace,” was originally dedicated to Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi ...

Over the weekend, we learned some amazing news: Thirty-three Chilean miners who have been trapped in a collapsed mine for more than two weeks are still alive. A rescue probe that dug more than two ...

A new album documents the life and death of Víctor Jara, a Chilean folk singer who became an international icon of resistance, writes Dorian Lynskey. Víctor Jara named his last song after the place ...

Victor Jara was murdered 42 years ago, justice now!!! But despite the passage of time and the political changes that Chile has undergone, rumination on his music's significance has not faded. Jara was ...

In the politically charged 1980 Clash song “Washington Bullets,” Joe Strummer sang, “Please remember Victor Jara, in the Santiago stadium.” Burlington’s John Summa is doing just that, with a ...

The violent nature of Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jara’s death in September 1973 — many call it an assassination — made him a martyr to the cause of social justice. A mythology immediately arose ...

On the night of September 15, 1973, Victor Jara was picked out of a line of prisoners being led out from the Chile Stadium to the National Stadium, another detention centre, in the days following ...

Family of Víctor Jara, Renowned Chilean Singer Killed During Dictatorship, Seeks A memorial for Victor Jara, in Arica, Chile. The famous folk singer was tortured and killed by the Chilean military, ...

SANTIAGO (AFP) – Chileans Monday marked the 40-year anniversary of the murder of singer Victor Jara, who was tortured and shot to death after the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power. "Our ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The daughter of popular Chilean folk singer Victor Jara has urged the Chilean government to act quicker to push for the extradition from the United States of the man found liable ...

A painting of murdered Chilean folk singer Victor Jara has been unveiled at a union headquarters in Cardiff. Jara, a member of the Chilean Communist Party, was one of the most prominent victims of the ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US The last day Joan Jara saw her husband alive was ...