Every year musicians gather to pay tribute to the legendary folk singer Victor Jara murdered during a military coup in Chile in 1973. How a Folk Singer’s Murder Forced Chile to Confront Its Past *****, Youtube 13.44, Retro Report 2019
‘He was completely committed to trying to make the world a better place. And he actually gave his life for that.’ ibid. Jara’s widow
In the 1960s Jara and other artists used their music to advocate for political and social change and workers’ rights. ibid.
Over the next 17 years of military rule under General Augusto Pinochet an estimated 27,000 were tortured and over 3,000 were killed or disappeared. ibid.
In 2015 a Chilean judge charged 9 army officers with Jara’s murder and ordered them to stand trial. ibid.