Joan Jara obituary

British dancer who sought justice for her husband, the Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, murdered during the Pinochet regimeOn 11 September 1973, the day of Augusto Pinochet’s coup in Chile, Joan Jara’s husband, Victor, a prominent musician and supporter of the socialist president, Salvador Allende, left their home in the capital Santiago to help defend the technical university where he worked. The university was surrounded by the military and police, and Victor was arrested and taken