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Popular Unity to power in Chile. As an enthusiast of the cause, he participated intensely until in 1973, in the middle of a tour of Chile Ríe y Canta, his heart broke when he tried to push a bus on the Matadero-Palma route. An old ulcer caused internal bleeding, and he died on February 4 at
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label. "Si somos americanos" was released as a single and reached number 8 on the
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Spanish songs, the only original track is "No pasaran". Carlos
Valladares and Enrique San Martín from Los Emigrantes participated in the musical accompaniment. In 1969, he got an honorable mention at the First Festival of the
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Chileans traditional songs from the 19th century. In 1988 the Alerce label reissued the album under translated title
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937:La Opinion
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