Nueva Canción
Nueva Canción is a socially and politically charged Latin American folk music movement from the 1960s-1980s. It fuses traditional Andean folk elements like charango and quena with modern songwriting to protest injustice, dictatorship, and imperialism while celebrating cultural identity and resistance.
Origin: Latin America, originating in Chile and spreading to Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and beyond as a pan-regional protest movement.
Era: 1960s-1980s
