Why
Salvador Allende?
Allende was not only a political figure, the President of Chile, he
was also a tireless fighter for Chilean's right to education and an
unconditional supporter of cultural activity in its broadest expression.
In your opinion
how does the local Latin American community benefit from the Festival?
This Festival has the potential of becoming a very broad, inclusive
and multidisciplinary artistic voice for this community. There aren't
many events of this stature during the year. The community has in
this Festival an opportunity to participate in the many areas it is
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Doesn't the name and the principles of this Festival exclude some
artists?
Not at all. Anyone who has read or heard of Allende knows immediately
of his commitment to arts, literature, music, poetry and culture in
general. His government, a democratically elected socialist government,
promoted the most unique and broadest concept of democracy which included
access to popular culture. During this period the levels of literacy,
creative production and access to education reached the highest levels
ever seen in Chile's history.
As we all know, this democratic and institutional government was betrayed
and replaced by an illegal and unconstitutional fascist regime, with
obvious consequences to Chile's cultural development.
To support and identify yourself with this Festival is to identify
yourself with people's rights to democracy, people's rights to culture
and education. It is very hard to find artists who do not identify
themselves with these principles.
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