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MIGUEL ANGEL ESTRELLA
Musician (Argentina)
01 January 2001

"My torturers were in the habit of telling me:

'We know that you are not a member of the guerrilla but you are worst, because with your piano, your 'charisma', you can put the "negrada" working class into your pocket. Over here, we are the Gods and we are wagging an anti-communist, catholic crusade in the south cone. You, you could be rich, but you have chosen the 'shit' society, the negro workers, the peasants, the Indians, the poor populace and much more of the same kind.' "

Miguel Angel Estrella,
Musician, composer, founder of Musique Esperance ("Music - Hope")
Argentina/France


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