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Facundo Cabral, celebrated Argentine folk singer, is killed
Washington Post ^
| July 11, 2011
| Emma Brown
Posted on 07/12/2011 8:26:51 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Facundo Cabral, a wide-roving Argentine musician who had been one of Latin America’s most celebrated folk and protest singers, was shot to death July 9 in Guatemala City. He was 74.
Mr. Cabral, who had given a concert two days earlier in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, was en route to the Guatemala City airport when his vehicle was hit by a hail of bullets in an orchestrated attack involving three carloads of gunmen, the Associated Press reported.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cabral; chavez; folksinger
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From the article...Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tweeted: “Oh what pain! They have killed the great troubadour of the Pampas.”
To: ConservativeStatement
Sounds like he was a Communist, but anyway, rest in peace, poor old guy.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:30:12 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:40:19 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: ConservativeStatement
The whole article reads like a mix between Forrest Gump and Joan Baez.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:40:31 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: ConservativeStatement
...when his vehicle was hit by a hail of bullets in an orchestrated attack involving three carloads of gunmen,... I think this is the dictionary definition of 'overkill'
To: Never on my watch
That's how Sonny was taken out in the first Godfather, or at least something similar.
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:00:26 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Tax-chick
"Mr. Cabral’s wife and infant daughter died in a plane crash in 1978, according to the Associated Press. Wracked by grief, he traveled to India to work in a Calcutta home for people suffering from leprosy, following Mother Teresa’s advice to heal himself through serving the needy."< C'mon, Tax-chick, that's unfair, isn't it? He can't help it if the fake Menchu-Tum likes to link her name with his; and I'm sure you don't assume that all the itinerant minstrel-preachers with peace-and-poverty themes are Communists. That would sure put Il Poverello in a bad light.
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:03:56 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Prego a tutti i santi ..!")
To: Mrs. Don-o
He could care for leprosy patients and still be a Communist. I’m not holding it against him ... the poor fellow’s dead, after all.
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:17:56 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
To: ConservativeStatement
"If I am a thief, it's because of private property." - Facundo Cabral
Just one of many quotes from this guy
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:27:19 AM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Steve Van Doorn
Wonder if he copyrighted his songs.
Bet he did, don’t you?
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:31:47 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: Tax-chick
Yeah, but he could be embraced by the Communists and not be a Communist. They like to add attractive people to their “popular front” — front. E.g. Abraham Lincoln, who got larded into both gays (”Abe was Gay”, “Log Cabin Republicans”) the Communists (”Abraham Lincoln Brigade”). All that proves is that they use people, dead or alive.
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:32:38 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Prego a tutti i santi ..!")
To: Tax-chick
I think he’s an agent of the secretive Opus Dei.
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:40:51 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Prego a tutti i santi ..!")
To: ConservativeStatement
Sounds like he struck a wrong chord.
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:45:19 AM PDT
by
Mashood
To: ConservativeStatement
That's how Sonny was taken out in the first Godfather, or at least something similar. That's the image that sprang to my mind, too. Perhaps there was more to the "celebrated folk singer" than is being disclosed.
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:37:59 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Mashood
Sounds like he struck a wrong chord. Tough crowd, for sure. Wanted more than just their money back!
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posted on
07/12/2011 10:41:40 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Mrs. Don-o
OH, I’ll bet that’s it. They’re so subtle they can confuse anyone. My catz are probably involved, too.
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:40:25 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
To: ConservativeStatement
I sure hope he wasn't killed by a GunRunner gun from Project Castaway that was allowed to walk to Honduras and then cross the border into Guatemala.
-PJ
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posted on
07/12/2011 11:41:06 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
To: Mashood
Should bring an acoustic guitar to a gunfight, I guess.
To: Tax-chick
Besides, I'm prejudiced in favor of anyone with a name like "Facundo."
Y'Know?
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posted on
07/12/2011 12:31:14 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Not the embarrassing babblings of a nitwit, but rather the whimsical lapses of a nimble brain.)
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