The Víctor Jara Foundation released this week a mini-documentary by Peruvian Erick Tejada about the troubadour’s visit to the Inca country in mid-1973.
It is “I remember you Víctor: the traces of Víctor Jara in Peru”, where Tejada reconstructs the three weeks he spent between June and July, on a tour that included several locations.
“Víctor Jara’s musical work was broadcast on some local radio stations and on records that circulated from hand to hand, so his presence aroused expectations among his admirers,” says the chronicle that Tejada himself published. on the Foundation’s website.
“The right to live in peace”, “I remember you Amanda”, “Luchín”, “Preguntas por Puerto Montt”, “Las casitas del barrio alto” and “Ni chicha ni limonada” were some of the songs he performed during the tour. both in his presentation on Panamericana Televisión, in Lima, and in a recital in Arequipa.
Later, Víctor Jara counted almost twenty recitals that he gave in Peru, especially valuing that the municipal theaters had been opened to receive him, since access to this type of stage had been infrequent for him, according to Tejada.
At that time, Peru was governed by the nationalist general Juan Velasco Alvarado (1968-1975), who carried out some reforms, such as an agrarian reform and the nationalization of several companies.