Spanish singer, Kiko Veneno, joins IICA in paying tribute to food chain workers

San Jose, 18 June 2020 (IICA) – Spanish musician, Kiko Veneno, has joined the initiative 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.

Kiko Veneno is a Spanish singer and composer who has carved out his own unique flamenco-rock style. He took his first steps in the music world as a member of the Grupo Veneno and in 1972 he collaborated with Camarón de la Isla on the legendary record, “La leyenda del tiempo”.  Since that time, he has been developing a successful career as a soloist, producing and collaborating with various artistes, while becoming a major player on the Spanish music scene.

IICA’s campaign has brought together renowned artists from different countries in the hemisphere, 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, Mike Fields, Nano Stern, Ana Prada & Pata Kramer, Adrián Goizueta and Larbanois & Carrero are just some of the performers who have selflessly and generously joined the IICA campaign.

Kiko Veneno’s performance can be watched here:

Several organizations in different countries have taken part in the IICA tribute. In Argentina, it 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.

The concert by the Argentinian performers in this campaign can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1CxNALDus.  The songs contributed by the rest of the artists are also available on IICA’s Youtube channel.

IICA will continue to publish the contributions of the artists 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