Danilo Soruco Arancibia (6 July 1927 in Tarija

Tarija, Bolivia

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, Bolivia

Bolivia

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 - 1 April 2004 in Tarija

Tarija, Bolivia

Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is both the capital and largest city within the Tarija Department, with an airport offering regular service to primary Bolivian cities, as well as a regional bus terminal with domestic and...

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) was a Bolivia

Bolivia

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n singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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.

Soruco wrote more than 300 songs. A communist

Communism

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, he was banned under the Bolivian leadership of the 1970s. Soruco was in exile in Caracas, Venezuela until 1978.

Among his tunes are "La vida es linda", "Ya la pagarán", “Duraznero”, “Instantánea”, and particularly "Caraqueña", composed in his Venezuela

Venezuela

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n exile, which are sung at Bolivia's popular celebrations.

Soruco won Bolivia's National Culture Prize in 2003.

Discography:

Album	Song	Rithm
CANTARES DE BOLIVIA EN TIEMPO DE HISTORIA	LA TRAGEDIA DEL CHAPACO	Tonada-Canción
	EL CHAPACO ALZAO	Canción
	CUBA NO CAERA	Cueca
	ROMPIERON RELACIONES	Huayño

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