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Paraguayan soprano Carolina López joins IICA’s campaign to salute food chain workers

Tiempo de lectura: 3 mins.

The opera singer joined the IICA tribute to intensify political and social awareness about the agriculture sector and rurality during Covid-19.

Carolina Lopez

San Jose, 18 June 2020 (IICA) – Paraguayan soprano, Carolina López, has joined the campaign of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to recognize and thank farmers and workers in the agrifood chain, whose daily efforts are ensuring the production, transportation, marketing and supply of food amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

López has been a soloist in the National Symphonic Orchestra since 2016 and a member of its Folklore Ensemble since 2015. She has graced the major concert halls of Paraguay and its neighboring countries.

The IICA initiative has already brought together the work 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.

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.

The performance of Carolina López can be watched 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

#PORALIMENTOSEMNOSSAMESA 

#THANKS

#HEROESANDHEROINES

#FORFOODONOURTABLES

More information:

Institutional Communication Division, IICA.

comunicacion.institucional@iica.int   

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