October 30, 2019

Impressive: Hundreds of Chilean protesters sing Victor Jara for peace and equality

During massive protests in Santiago de Chile on Friday, when around one million people gathered in the streets, thousands of people began singing 'El derecho de vivir en paz' by Victor Jara (the title stands for 'The Right to Live in Peace'), Pitchfork reports. Jara was a theatre director, poet, singer and political activist who was tortured and killed by dictator Augusto Pinochet’s soldiers in 1973. Chilean protesters are fighting for equality.