The artists have joined IICA’s campaign to channel greater political and social attention towards those who guarantee our food supply during the Covid-19 pandemic.
San Jose, 9 June 2020 (IICA). The Uruguayan duo Larbanois & Carrero has joined the campaign of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to pay tribute to farmers and food chain workers, whose daily efforts are ensuring the production, transportation, marketing and supply of food during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The popular music duo, made up of Eduardo Larbanois and Mario Carrero and founded in 1977, is a musical icon for many generations of Uruguayan and Latin American artists.
Over the course of its 40-year career, the duo has released close to 30 albums and toured in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Cuba, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia, among other countries.
Larbanois & Carrero have shared the stage with many artists, including Joan Manuel Serrat, Pablo Milanés León Gieco, Paco Ibáñez, Santiago Feliú, Daniel Viglietti, Alfredo Zitarrosa and brothers Carlos and Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy.
IICA’s campaign 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.
Gustavo Santaolalla, João Bosco, Gilberto Gil, León Gieco, Carlinhos Brown, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Mart’nália, Maria Luiza Jobim, Teresa Parodi, Soledad Villamil, Víctor Heredia, Hilda Lizarazu, Paulo Miklos, Lidia Borda, La Charo (Tonolec), Willy Piancioli (Los Tipitos), Agustín Ronconi (Arbolito), Alejandro Davio (Mundo Alas), Anabella Zoch, Peteco Carabajal, Dolores Solá, Acho Estol (La Chicana), Guadalupe Urbina, Lila Downs, Los Folkloristas, Nano Stern, Ana Prada & Pata Kramer, Adrián Goizueta and Francisco Páez are just some of the performers who have selflessly and generously contributed to the campaign launched by IICA.
Enjoy the performance by Larbanois & Carrero by clicking 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.
Meanwhile, in Brazil, UNESCO Brazil and the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (ABRAS) have both endorsed and become a part of this campaign.
Access the concert by the Argentinian performers who have joined this campaign by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1CxNALDus. Contributions from the other artists can also be found on the IICA 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 of IICA
comunicacion.institucional@iica.int
