On Costa Rican Farmers’ Day, singer Carlos Guzmán has taken part in IICA’s campaign to channel greater political and social attention towards the agriculture and rural sectors amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
San Jose, 15 May 2020 (IICA). Costa Rican singer-songwriter Carlos Guzmán has added his name to the campaign of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to recognize food chain workers, whose daily work ensures that families across the Americas have food on their tables during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Guzmán’s contributed the song “Soy Tico,” in which he recognizes farmers, whose work is celebrated on May 15 in Costa Rica. In 2000, the song earned Guzmán an award for best musical composer in Costa Rica.
In 2008, Guzmán received the Aquileo Echeverría National Cultural Award for Music, the most prestigious award of its kind in Costa Rica.
Guzmán is the latest artist to join IICA’s campaign, which has brought together renowned artists from different countries in the Americas, who are selflessly participating in the POPULAR MUSIC TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO WORK DAY TO DAY TO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLES.
Through the campaign, IICA is seeking to direct greater political and social attention to those who keep the agroindustrial chain functioning, as well as to the farmers who are guaranteeing our food supply at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging the world.
Adriana Varela, Gilberto Gil, León Gieco, Guadalupe Urbina, Adriana Calcanhotto, Carlinhos Brown, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mart’nália, Maria Luiza Jobim, Tony Belloto, Paulo Miklos, Erika Ender, Grupo JAYAC, Teresa Parodi, Soledad Villamil, Víctor Heredia, Hilda Lizarazu, Lidia Borda, Gustavo Grobocopatel, el grupo JAYAC, La Charo (Tonolec), Willy Piancioli (Los Tipitos), Agustín Ronconi (Arbolito), Alejandro Davio (Mundo Alas), Anabella Zoch, Peteco Carabajal, Dolores Solá, Acho Estol (La Chicana), Ana Prada and Pata Kramer are just some of the performers who have selflessly and generously contributed to the campaign.
Carlos Guzmán’s contribution can be viewed here:
Several organizations in different countries have taken part in the tribute organized by IICA. In Argentina, the tribute has received the backing of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; the Ministry of Culture of the Nation; the Ministry of Social Development; the anti-hunger program – Plan Argentina contra el Hambre; the Secretariat of Media and Public Communication; the public broadcast entity, Contenidos Públicos Sociedad del Estado and the arts foundation, Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
On the other hand, in Brazil, UNESCO Brazil and the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (ABRAS) have both endorsed and become a part of this campaign.
The concert by the Argentinian performers who have joined this campaign can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1CxNALDus. The songs contributed by Brazilian musicians, Panamanian artist Erika Ender and Grupo JAYAC of Ecuador are also available on IICA’s YouTube channel.
IICA will continue to publish the contributions of the artists participating in the campaign on all its digital platforms and on those of its partners in this initiative, using the following hashtags on social media:
#GRACIAS
#HEROESYHEROINAS
#PORLOSALIMENTOSENNUESTRAMESA
#OBRIGADO#OBRIGADA
#HERÓISEHEROÍNAS
#THANKS
#HEROESANDHEROINES
#FORFOODONOURTABLES
More information:
Institutional Communication Division, IICA
comunicacion.institucional@iica.int
