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Over the years here in Alt Latino, we have explored the connection between music

and the political reality for Latinos around the globe.

From rock musicians risking their lives to play their music in Argentina

to Brazilian Tropicalia challenging and oppressive government with biting lyrics in the 1960s,

musicians from across Latin America have taken their music to the streets and beyond to speak truth to

power. From NPR music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras.

This week we decided to go into the Alt Latino archive

and look back at our coverage of Latin protest music.

First, a 2018 conversation with David Garza,

a musician out of Texas who used music to protest immigration policy.

Then we'll hear from Puerto Rican rapper Residente,

just days after the release of a song in 2019 to advocate for a change in government on the island.

And finally, a special look at Patria and Vida, the Cuban protest anthem that not only took the

2021 Latin Grammys by storm, but also reverberated on the island.

Up first, a look back to the spring of 2018 when the Trump administration implemented what they

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