Continente olvidado
Brigada Flores Magon Lyrics


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La moitié du continent occupé
Par l’empire à la bannière étoilée
1890 à Wounded Knee
La résistance semblait finie
Signe du temps, signe du sang
Triste continuation
Expansionnisme guerrier
Présent ensanglanté

Viva Latino America
Fuera Yankees !

L’oncle Sam et ses tactiques
Sous les trop tristes tropiques
La dépendance économique
Par la répression politique
Politicards asservis
A la triste aumône du F.M.I
L’immonde chantage nord américain
Fait crever le peuple de faim

Souviens-toi d’Allende,
En 73 assassiné
Souviens-toi, El Salvador
Tout un peuple ensanglanté
Souviens toi de Mexico
Sur la place des Trois-Cultures
Ce sont les veines ouvertes
De America Latina

Esto es la historia
Del chico chico guerrillero
Que se va a la selva
Para matar
El burges rico





Nuestra America, del Bravo a Magallanes. A los caidos en tierra brava. Chile. Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez. A los martires del MRTA. Lima Peru. A todas las banderas libres, Puerto Rico Panama. Managua, Nicaragua. A Los ocupantes del Hotel Sheraton, San Salvador. Tupamaros, Uruguay. Zapatistas, Eperristas, desde las montanas de Mexico. Chicanos mojados, de East Los asta Nueva York. El pueblo de cobre, ni se rinde, ni se vende. A Marti, a Sandino. A todos los anonimos, muertes fertiles. Por la nueva America, nuestra America !

Overall Meaning

Continente olvidado by Brigada Flores Magon is a song that is meant to remind people of the political oppression and economic subjugation that Latin America has faced over the years at the hands of the United States. The first verse of the song speaks about the occupation of half of the continent by the USA and how the resistance against it seemed to have ended with the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. The lyrics describe this as a sign of how the expansionist policies of the US have led to bloodshed and misery in Latin America. The second verse speaks about how the US has employed political tactics to subjugate the countries in Latin America by funding politicians who would work for them, imposing economic dependency and using political repression to stifle any dissent. The lyrics also make references to historical events like the assassination of Salvador Allende and the mass killing of people in El Salvador, as well as events like the occupation of the Hotel Sheraton in San Salvador, which was carried out by rebels who were opposing the American influence in their country.


The refrain of the song is "Viva Latino America, Fuera Yankees!" (Long live Latin America, Down with the Yankees!), which is a call to arms against the US influence in the region. The song ends with a list of names of people and groups who have fought against the US hegemony in the region, from the Chileans who fought against the Pinochet regime to the Zapatistas of Mexico who have been fighting for the rights of the indigenous people.


Overall, Continente Olvidado is a potent political statement about the struggles of Latin America against foreign oppression and the need to keep fighting for the rights of the people.


Line by Line Meaning

La moitié du continent occupé
Half of the continent is occupied


Par l’empire à la bannière étoilée
By the empire with the starry banner


1890 à Wounded Knee
1890 at Wounded Knee


La résistance semblait finie
The resistance seemed finished


Signe du temps, signe du sang
Sign of the times, sign of blood


Triste continuation
Sad continuation


Expansionnisme guerrier
Warrior expansionism


Présent ensanglanté
Bloody present


Viva Latino America
Long live Latin America


Fuera Yankees !
Yankees out!


L’oncle Sam et ses tactiques
Uncle Sam and his tactics


Sous les trop tristes tropiques
Under the too sad tropics


La dépendance économique
Economic dependence


Par la répression politique
Through political repression


Politicards asservis
Servile politicians


A la triste aumône du F.M.I
To the sad alms of the IMF


L’immonde chantage nord américain
The vile North American blackmail


Fait crever le peuple de faim
Makes the people die of hunger


Souviens-toi d’Allende,
Remember Allende,


En 73 assassiné
Assassinated in '73


Souviens-toi, El Salvador
Remember, El Salvador


Tout un peuple ensanglanté
A whole people covered in blood


Souviens toi de Mexico
Remember Mexico


Sur la place des Trois-Cultures
On the Three Cultures Plaza


Ce sont les veines ouvertes
These are the open veins


De America Latina
Of Latin America


Esto es la historia
This is the history


Del chico chico guerrillero
Of the little guerrilla fighter


Que se va a la selva
Who goes to the jungle


Para matar
To kill


El burges rico
The rich bourgeois


Nuestra America, del Bravo a Magallanes.
Our America, from the Bravo to Magellan.


A los caidos en tierra brava.
To those fallen in brave land.


Chile. Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez.
Chile. Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front.


A los martires del MRTA. Lima Peru.
To the martyrs of the MRTA. Lima Peru.


A todas las banderas libres, Puerto Rico Panama.
To all the free flags, Puerto Rico Panama.


Managua, Nicaragua.
Managua, Nicaragua.


A Los ocupantes del Hotel Sheraton, San Salvador.
To the occupants of the Sheraton Hotel, San Salvador.


Tupamaros, Uruguay.
Tupamaros, Uruguay.


Zapatistas, Eperristas, desde las montanas de Mexico.
Zapatistas, Eperristas, from the mountains of Mexico.


Chicanos mojados, de East Los asta Nueva York.
Wet Chicanos, from East LA to New York.


El pueblo de cobre, ni se rinde, ni se vende.
The copper people, neither surrenders, nor sells out.


A Marti, a Sandino.
To Marti, to Sandino.


A todos los anonimos, muertes fertiles.
To all the unnamed, fertile deaths.


Por la nueva America, nuestra America !
For the new America, our America!




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Angel Tebas Garcia

Muy buen tema de la Brigada

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