Although Violeta Zúñiga uses a cane to move around, nothing can keep the 83-year-old from performing Chile's national dance to protest her partner's disappearance during the country's military ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – Violeta Zuniga gets around with a cane because of her knee problems, but nothing can keep the 83-year-old from performing Chile's national dance to protest her partner's ...

Augusto Pinochet integrated the musical genre cueca into his regime. For decades, Chileans associated the national music and dance with a... The History Of Modern Chile, Mirrored In Dance Seventeen ...

Pinochet pronounced it the official dance of Chile, locking the style into a nationalist stereotype, as Spain’s Gen. Francisco Franco did with flamenco. As a protest, women who had lost their sons or ...

On September 18, we will celebrate the First National junta that took place in 1810. As the Geographic Military Institute (ES) explains: Independence day is not the real reason why we celebrate on ...

In this Sept. 5, 2016 photo, Violeta Zuniga performs for students Chile's national dance the cueca while holding a photo of her partner who was disappeared, in Santiago, Chile. âYou never want to give ...