Jorge Yáñez, Chilean folk musician and actor, joins IICA’s salute to food chain workers
Photograph provided by the artist.
San Jose, 12 June 2020 (IICA). Jorge Yáñez, a popular Chilean folk performer and actor, has joined the campaign of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to recognize farmers and food chain workers, whose efforts are ensuring that consumers in the Americas continue to receive food supplies amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
The songs of Yáñez’ blend folk music with popular poetry and political reflection. He is well-known for his work as a film and television actor and as a representative of Chilean folk music, with his celebrated Chilote Waltz, “El goro de lana” – a composition that is part of the first-rate popular music repertoire of the country.
His artistic career spans more than five decades. In 2017, he received the Premio a la Música Nacional Presidente de la República award, in the Folk Music category.
In participating in this campaign, Jorge Yáñez is following in the footsteps of renowned artists from various countries in the hemisphere, who have selflessly contributed to 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.
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 Larbanois & Carrero are just some of the performers who have selflessly and generously contributed to the IICA campaign.
Enjoy the performance by Jorge Yáñez by clicking here:
Various organizations in several countries have also come on board this tribute spearheaded by IICA. In Argentina, it has received the backing of the 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, 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
comunicacion.institucional@iica.int