Daniel Viglietti

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Daniel Viglietti is a folk singer, composer, political activist who was a major contributor to the Nueva Cancion "New Song" movement in the 1960's and early 1970s'. A native of Uruguay, Viglietti was imprisoned in 1972 by his own government, supported by the likes of Jean Paul Sartre as an international man of conscience, a voice for peace and opponent of the fascism and tyranny that plagued South America in the 1970's. He was a peer of the late Chilean Poet/Folksinger Victor Jara and Composer/Activist Violeta Parra.

He has performed the works of Cuban Nova Trova stars Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanes, Brazil's Chico Buarque and Edu Lobo and has worked with Cuban Composer/Arranger Leo Brouwer. His recordings are widely available, especially the 1972 "Tropicos".