Inti-Illimani (Spanish pronunciation: [in.ti.ji.ˈma.ni]; from Quechuan inti and / Aymara illimani) are an instrumental and vocal Latin American folk music ensemble from Chile. The group was formed in 1967 by a group of university students and it acquired widespread popularity in Chile for their song Venceremos (We shall win!) which became the anthem of the Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende. At the moment of the September 11, 1973 Chilean coup they were on tour in Europe and were unable to return to their country where their music was proscribed by the ruling military junta. In Europe their music took on a multifarious character, incorporating elements of European baroque and other traditional music forms to their rich and colourful Latin American rhythms - creating a distinctive fusion of modern world music. They are perhaps the best internationally known members of the nueva canción movement. Their name means 'Sun of the Illimani' in Aymara. Illimani is the name of a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. They influenced Yeni Türkü, a Turkish group, during their debut album, Buğdayın Türküsü (Song of Wheat) in 1979.
Charagua is a small town in the southern part of Bolivia. It is the principal village of the Cordillera province. Most inhabitants speak Guaraní. The city was briefly occupied by the Paraguayan army in April 1935, during the last stages of the Chaco War. Charagua consists of two separate towns, the old town and a settlement along the railway track, 2 miles east.
The organization CIPCA (Centro de Investigacion y de Promocion del Camesinado) has been active in Charagua already for more than three decades. The house of the Guarani (Arakwarenda) is located North of the town. There is an experimental farm adjacent to Arakwarenda.
Che Guevara during his dwellings in the Cordillera never reached Charagua. He stopped short at El Espino, a two-hour drive to the North.
Coordinates: 19°47′26″S 63°11′52″W / 19.79056°S 63.19778°W / -19.79056; -63.19778
En el mapa de su piel
Noviembre despertó
Y trajo un río que se desbordó
Sobre el espacio azul
Y lo inundó
En el centro de su miel
Su ardor se estremeció
Y su pezón de flor, sutil gimió
Con tal profundo amor,
Que fecundó.
No volvió, su risa no volvió
Su modo de mirar, la brisa de su voz.
No volvió el paso de su andar,
No volvió su suspirar, su sueño no volvió.
Noviembre enmudeció...
No volvió su prisa, no volvió,
Su modo de esperar, su estilo de ser dios.
No volvió el beso de su hablar
No volvió su respirar, su asombro, no volvió.
En los surcos de su piel
Noviembre se durmió
Y fue una sombra que se derramó;