Last night I was watching TV Nacional de Chile and the ending of the series Grandes Chilenos, that featured the artista Violeta Parra. It was incredibly moving and also sad. Sad because she came in last place in terms of being considered an important Chilena and how that related to her entire life and ultimately to her death by her own hands. Most of her “professional success” was found outside of her homeland and she struggled to sustain her soul as a mujer artista, as a Chilena facing the injustices of the trabajador. She was a voice reflecting the realities of struggle, both personal and political and the space where they intersect.