1970's. Brazil. Os Mutantes
The Brazilian tropicalia band Os Mutantes are censored and monitored by the Brazilian government for stirring up the country’s youth. (The band hasn’t performed together since 1973 but reunited at a show in London at the end of May 2006, and then toured in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.)

December 1977. Argentina and Uruguay. Miguel Angel Estrella.
In the 1970's the Argentinean classical pianist Miguel Angel Estrella was blacklisted, threatened, arrested/kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured for his humanistic belief in making music accessible for everyone. On 15 December 1977 he was kidnapped by armed individuals in civilian clothes. The incident took place just a couple of days before he was to leave his home in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was living at the time. The artist was subjected to severe physical and psychological torture that lasted for several days – electric chocks, beatings with rubber truncheons, punches and kicks.
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1978. Argentina. Mercedes Sosa
During a concert in the city of La Plata, Mercedes Sosa is arrested by the Argentinean military and forced into exile. Since 1970 her performances were suffering constant censorship and the official radios refused to play her songs. Reason: her active opposition to the Argentinean Military Junta.
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