Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they're leavin'
You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You would have no time for grievin'
The first time Omar heard Chiquitita on the radio, he thought of his daughters, of how much he wanted each of them to know that there was no need to cry, that they would be dancing once again. He listened to the melody standing still, his feet aching in his construction boots.
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Inspired by testimonies from Omar's daughters, featured in the audiovisual Historias que no pudieron ser (2024), a campaign developed by the agency Innvented and production company Oriental Films for the Asociación de Madres y Familiares de Uruguayos Detenidos Desaparecidos.
Artist
- Name
- Antonio Omar Paitta Cardozo
- Place of birth
- Soriano, Uruguay
- Date of birth
- 20/08/1942
- Place of disappearance
- Uruguay
- Date of disappearance
- 21/09/1981
- Age
- 39 years old
