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Sounds Of Resistance: Songs from the Central American Struggle
Managua, 21.05.24
This episode explores the music written and performed by leftwing artists, recorded during the various civil wars in Central America in the '70s + '80s.
These groups struggled to address deep-seated issues such as extreme inequality, poverty, and lack of political representation in Central America, against right wing Governments, who with the backing of the United States committed a litany of human rights abuses including the Mayan genocide.
Music in the show includes tracks by famed Nicaraguan songwriter Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy and Los Torogoces de Morazán, a group of peasant folk musicians from El Salvador founded in 1981. They carried their guitars, accordion, and drums into battle zones, providing moral support to the guerrilla, as well as entertaining sympathetic communities in liberated zones.
This show is in no way an endorsement of the current Nicaraguan government and hopes for peace and prosperity for all the peoples of Central America.
Tracklist
- Gabino Palomares Y Amparo Ochoa
La Maldición De Malinche - Los Torogoces De Morazan
Heroico Morazán - Los Torogoces De Morazán
Som Combatiente Del FMLN - Los Torogoces De Morazán
Toda Centroamérica - Canción Del Guerrillero
Song Of The Guerrilla Fighter (Guatemalan Guerrilla Song) - Cutumay Camones
Díganle que no se meta - Los Torogoces De Morazan
Saludo Soy Guerrillero - Mario Montenegro Brenes
Nunca Es Tarde Mi Compa - Amparo Ochoa
Asalto Al Palacio (Assault At The Palace) - Jorge Isaac Carvallo
Campesino Aprende A Leer - El Salvadoran Youth Group
No A La Intervención (No To Intervention - Grupo Pancasan
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