gaziantep escort
Janset Berzeg
  07-07-2020 18:07:00

INTERVIEW WITH BOLIVIAN SINGER LUIS RICO

Luis Rico Sings for a Better World

In a beautiful fusion of song and narrative, Bolivian singer LUIS RICO shares his own experiences of Bolivia’s social, economic and political realities.
In a nation affected by dictatorships and corrupt governments, his 32 recorded albums bring music to the people of the Amazon. I spoke
to him during his visit to Australia. 

When did you start singing? What does music represent to you?

I think music in its essence is a recreational instrument that enhances spirituality in a human being. If you add an additional dimension to reflect on life, or human rights, for example, then the song becomes a useful tool to try to achieve a better, more equitable and less violent world.
I was a happy student when studying in provincial Bolivia. I felt lucky to have access to a university education. 
Initially I chose to study the orthodox branch of economics while I dreamt about solving economic problems and easing the suffering of the world.
I studied in Potosi, the most historic city in Bolivia that has a long history of exploitation by Spaniards in the struggle for its gold and silver mines. During my years at university in Potosi, I started playing my guitar at social events that catered to different social classes. This helped me understand the different ways of life and the social inequalities that existed between Indigenous peoples, labourers, mine administrators and the
owners of the mines.
When we played for the poor, we drunk pure alcohol with them, and when we played for the owners of mines, we were offered whisky. In 1967 during the traditional celebrations of San Juan (at which people burn furniture and other wood items on the streets so kind of the Bolivian burning man). Because it is the coldest night ofthe whole year in Bolivia, we were at a party. There was food, music and dancing when suddenly a young man announced that something strange was happening in Siglo 20, a well-known mining camp, where a massacre was taking place. The dictator General Barrientos had ordered the killing of the miners and their families, who had gathered at Siglo 20 from all around Bolivia to morally and economically support Che Guevara’s guerrillas.
Che was in Bolivia that year but he had health problems so the miners wanted to help his guerrillas and that was a good enough reason for Barrientos to order the massacre. Eighty seven miners, women and children lost their lives that night. So I asked myself: what is it that I do? And, what is it that I should be doing? I dropped out of university, and started writing music and singing. I have been a musician for the last 45 years.

We went through a difficult period when the infamous Operation Condor was taking place. From exile, and in prison, I wrote a good quantity of songs about the political situation. They were love songs for our country. Love songs against persecution, the suffering of children, the terror and the massacres that took place during the dictatorship. In the end we did manage to regain democracy.

However it brought more shame than the times of dictatorship. I lived in fear all the time, and was imprisoned eight times. I was forced to sign documents that declared that. I wasn’t going to produce or sing any protest songs. But I knew that there were so many marginalised Indigenous
peasant communities. The country had also become a breeding area for international non-government organisations, but no one really knew what they were actually doing there. That was around the same time that I started to travel to the Amazon to experience the way of life of the Indigenous peoples, to learn about their concerns and how the government and the church managed to get there. The government was there to take away their land and resources. So I started focusing my music on strengthening Indigenous cultures and our ties with them.

What do you see happening in Bolvia's near future?

Well, Bolivian government has turned into a power driven politic system so, the problem is quite complex. I believe that Morales has made big mistakes when he followed his own political advisors, acting against the interests of his own people, the very people that actually helped him come to power. This is socially quite painful for the people. Now the President is in the process of initiating what he calls ‘’a community consultation’’ to get the Indigenous peoples to agree and collaborate to the construction of the highway that will cross untouched Amazon lands. It is obviously a forced, obligatory consultation. I wrote a song about this project which has become a symbol of the Indigenous people’s fight to preserve the area and since then Morales considers me to be part of the opposition, just for being on the side of the indigenous peoples. I think that Morales needs to listen to all Bolivians and not only his advisors and those privileged people. He likes to be applauded and he has lost his way.

Finally, what do you wish to achieve with your music?

Luckily I happen to write songs that become emblematic of the struggle of the Indigenous people to preserve the Amazon and their human rights. My music is current and connected with the issues. I am always prolific, producing music and writing songs. I think music has a big role to play in providing leadership and influencing public opinion, just like the mass-media does. I have a duty to convey the truth about the actions of a government that calls itself “Indigenous”. Through my music I ask for respect for democracy and the human rights of all Bolivians.

 

Muchas gracias!

  YAZARIN DİĞER YAZILARI

HABER ARŞİVİ
PUAN DURUMU
Takım O G M B A Y P AV
1 Galatasaray 37 32 2 3 89 25 99 +64
2 Fenerbahçe 37 30 1 6 93 31 96 +62
3 Trabzonspor 37 20 13 4 65 48 64 +17
4 Başakşehir FK 37 17 13 7 51 41 58 +10
5 Beşiktaş 37 16 13 8 51 45 56 +6
6 Kasımpaşa 37 15 14 8 60 64 53 -4
7 Alanyaspor 38 12 10 16 53 50 52 +3
8 Sivasspor 37 13 12 12 45 53 51 -8
9 Çaykur Rizespor 37 14 15 8 48 56 50 -8
10 Antalyaspor 38 12 13 13 44 49 49 -5
11 Adana Demirspor 37 10 13 14 52 55 44 -3
12 Samsunspor 38 11 17 10 42 52 43 -10
13 Kayserispor 37 11 14 12 43 55 42 -12
14 Gaziantep FK 37 11 18 8 49 57 41 -8
15 Konyaspor 37 9 14 14 39 50 41 -11
16 Fatih Karagümrük 38 10 18 10 49 52 40 -3
17 MKE Ankaragücü 37 8 13 16 44 48 40 -4
18 Hatayspor 37 8 15 14 43 52 38 -9
19 Pendikspor 37 9 18 10 42 72 37 -30
20 İstanbulspor 37 4 26 7 27 74 16 -47
Takım O G M B A Y P AV
1 Eyüpspor 34 24 7 3 77 31 75 +46
2 Göztepe 34 21 6 7 60 20 70 +40
3 Sakaryaspor 34 17 8 9 50 35 60 +15
4 Bodrumspor 34 15 7 12 43 22 57 +21
5 Çorum FK 34 16 10 8 55 36 56 +19
6 Kocaelispor 34 16 11 7 48 41 55 +7
7 Boluspor 34 15 11 8 33 35 53 -2
8 Gençlerbirliği 34 13 9 12 39 33 51 +6
9 Bandırmaspor 34 13 10 11 49 32 50 +17
10 Erzurumspor FK 34 12 11 11 30 34 44 -4
11 Ümraniyespor 34 12 15 7 40 47 43 -7
12 Manisa FK 34 9 12 13 40 40 40 0
13 Keçiörengücü 34 10 14 10 34 43 40 -9
14 Adanaspor 34 11 17 6 28 45 39 -17
15 Şanlıurfaspor 34 9 14 11 32 37 38 -5
16 Tuzlaspor 34 9 14 11 35 47 38 -12
17 Altay 34 5 25 4 16 76 10 -60
18 Giresunspor 34 2 28 4 16 71 7 -55
Takım O G M B A Y P AV
1 Esenler Erokspor 36 26 5 5 83 29 83 +54
2 Van Spor FK 36 24 6 6 63 37 75 +26
3 Bucaspor 1928 36 21 5 10 54 25 73 +29
4 1461 Trabzon FK 36 21 6 9 71 39 72 +32
5 Ankaraspor 36 15 8 13 45 35 58 +10
6 Yeni Mersin İdman Yurdu 36 16 10 10 50 36 58 +14
7 Beyoğlu Yeniçarşıspor 36 15 14 7 47 38 52 +9
8 Karacabey Belediye Spor 36 13 11 12 43 37 51 +6
9 Ankara Demirspor 36 15 16 5 43 46 50 -3
10 Diyarbekir Spor 36 12 15 9 39 41 45 -2
11 Kırklarelispor 36 11 14 11 33 41 44 -8
12 Altınordu 36 10 13 13 45 39 43 +6
13 Hes İlaç Afyonspor 36 10 14 12 25 38 42 -13
14 Serik Belediyespor 36 10 16 10 29 45 40 -16
15 Nazilli Belediyespor 36 11 16 9 38 57 39 -19
16 Zonguldak Kömürspor 36 11 17 8 41 57 38 -16
17 Kırşehir Futbol SK 36 5 23 8 38 76 23 -38
18 Bursaspor 36 6 22 8 28 64 23 -36
19 Adıyaman FK 36 4 25 7 28 63 19 -35
Takım O G M B A Y P AV
1 Kepezspor FAŞ 28 22 2 4 67 18 70 +49
2 Aliağa Futbol A.Ş. 28 19 0 9 60 18 66 +42
3 Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor 28 15 6 7 40 25 52 +15
4 52 Orduspor FK 28 14 7 7 40 28 49 +12
5 İnegöl Kafkas GK 28 13 7 8 37 30 47 +7
6 Edirnespor 28 13 10 5 45 28 44 +17
7 Mardin 1969 Spor 28 12 11 5 40 34 41 +6
8 K.Çekmece Sinopspor 28 10 10 8 41 31 38 +10
9 Karabük İdmanyurdu Spor 28 10 13 5 27 44 35 -17
10 Artvin Hopaspor 28 9 12 7 33 29 34 +4
11 Talasgücü Belediyespor 28 10 14 4 34 45 34 -11
12 Kırıkkalegücü FK 28 8 15 5 31 42 29 -11
13 Gümüşhanespor 28 4 14 10 25 49 22 -24
14 Malatya Arguvanspor 28 3 21 4 21 57 13 -36
15 Tarsus İdman Yurdu 28 2 22 4 20 83 10 -63
Tarih Ev Sahibi Sonuç Konuk Takım
 25/05/2024 Sivasspor vs Kayserispor
 26/05/2024 Adana Demirspor vs Başakşehir FK
 26/05/2024 Fenerbahçe vs İstanbulspor (H:1)
 26/05/2024 Hatayspor vs Çaykur Rizespor
 26/05/2024 Kasımpaşa vs Beşiktaş
 26/05/2024 Konyaspor vs Galatasaray
 26/05/2024 Pendikspor vs Gaziantep FK
 26/05/2024 Trabzonspor vs MKE Ankaragücü
 18/05/2024 Kayserispor 2 - 2 Konyaspor
 18/05/2024 Gaziantep FK 3 - 1 Fatih Karagümrük
Tarih Ev Sahibi Sonuç Konuk Takım
 11/05/2024 Kocaelispor 0 - 2 Sakaryaspor
 11/05/2024 Erzurumspor FK 0 - 4 Eyüpspor
 11/05/2024 Boluspor 2 - 1 Çorum FK
 11/05/2024 Göztepe 1 - 1 Bodrum FK
 11/05/2024 Adanaspor 1 - 0 Bandırmaspor
 11/05/2024 Tuzlaspor 1 - 1 Gençlerbirliği
 11/05/2024 Şanlıurfaspor 2 - 0 Manisa FK
 10/05/2024 Giresunspor 1 - 2 Ümraniyespor
 10/05/2024 Keçiörengücü 1 - 1 Altay
Tarih Ev Sahibi Sonuç Konuk Takım
 Hük. Bursaspor 3 - 0 Van Spor FK
 04/05/2024 Altınordu 3 - 3 Ankaraspor
 04/05/2024 Bucaspor 1928 3 - 1 Diyarbekir Spor
 04/05/2024 Serik Belediyespor 0 - 6 Esenler Erokspor
 04/05/2024 Beyoğlu Yeniçarşıspor 3 - 1 Karacabey Belediye Spor
 04/05/2024 Adıyaman FK 4 - 1 Hes İlaç Afyonspor
 04/05/2024 Ankara Demirspor 5 - 2 Yeni Mersin İdman Yurdu
 04/05/2024 Kırklarelispor 1 - 3 Zonguldak Kömürspor
 04/05/2024 Kırşehir Futbol SK 4 - 5 1461 Trabzon FK
Tarih Ev Sahibi Sonuç Konuk Takım
 27/04/2024 Malatya Arguvanspor 3 - 4 Talasgücü Belediyespor
 27/04/2024 Gümüşhanespor 2 - 4 Kepezspor FAŞ
 27/04/2024 Artvin Hopaspor 0 - 1 52 Orduspor FK
 27/04/2024 Mardin 1969 Spor 4 - 2 İnegöl Kafkas GK
 27/04/2024 Tarsus İdman Yurdu 1 - 1 Karabük İdmanyurdu Spor
 27/04/2024 Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor 1 - 0 Edirnespor
 27/04/2024 Aliağa Futbol A.Ş. 6 - 3 Kırıkkalegücü FK
ŞANS OYUNLARI
BİZİ TAKİP EDİN
YUKARI