The end of the Bad Bunny perf reminded me of the end of "Plástico" by Rubén Blades, whom he's performed with and who's defended him amid recent attacks.. "De una raza unida, la que Bolívar soñó".. (at the 5:52 mark below)...
+ Che Guevara's Motorcycle Diaries when he speaks at the leper colony of San Pablo de Loreta, Peru, faithfully enacted in the film version..
"But there is something more. Within a few days we will be leaving Peruvian territory so these words have the secondary intention of being a farewell, and I would like to stress our gratitude to all the people of this country, who have unfailingly shown us their warmest hospitality since we entered Peru via Tacna.
"I would also like to say something else, unrelated to the theme of this toast. Although our insignificance means we can’t be spokespeople for such a noble cause, we believe, and after this journey more firmly than ever, that the division of [Latin] America into unstable and illusory nations is completely fictional. We constitute a single mestizo race, which from Mexico to the Magellan Straits bears notable ethnographical similarities. And so, in an attempt to rid myself of the weight of small-minded provincialism, I propose a toast to Peru and to a United Latin America."


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