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Jara, Victor
Singer, songwriter
Victor Jara started out as an actor, theater student, and part-time collector of Chilean folk music. By the time he was murdered by Chilean security forces during a military coup that deposed the elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende, he had become a symbol for the aspirations toward equality of the Chilean poor, a founder of a new genre of Latin American song, and an influence on progressive movements internationally.
During the years of military dictatorship that followed Allende's overthrow, Jara's music was largely banned in Chile but circulated clandestinely on cassette tapes. Three decades after his death, his influence in Chile and elsewhere continued to grow.
Victor Lidio Jara Martínez grew up among the Chilean rural laborers whom he helped mobilize with his music.
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He was born on September 23, 1932, to parents who lived on a large plantation near the town of Lonquén. His parents were farm workers. Jara's mother, Aman