Abstract

KARMY, Eileen  and  SCHMIEDECKE, Natália Ayo. “As you Speak to a Brother”: Solidarity towards Cuba and Vietnam in the Chilean New Song (1967-1973). Secuencia [online]. 2020, n.108, e1834.  Epub Feb 17, 2021. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i108.1834.

The Chilean New Song contributed to express solidarity with the Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions before and during the Popular Unity government (1970-1973). Due to the particularity of the Chilean case and its “peaceful way to socialism”, this support was not without controversy. This article analyzes how New Song artists expressed their solidarity to both revolutions and how they either bypassed or deepened such conflicts. We present two findings. The first highlights the relevance of Chilean New Song in denouncing the American imperialism while showing solidarity with others. The second sheds light on the use of genres, instruments and intertextuality to support Cuba and Vietnam but also to validate the “Chilean way”. Analyzing this repertoire through the notion of South-South solidarity is innovative since it unveils the strategies that musicians used to express their solidarity while integrating the “Chilean way” in the international context of the cold war.

Keywords : Chilean New Song; Popular Unity; South-South solidarity; Cuba; Vietnam.

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