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South American Railway Congress
Four South American Railway Congresses ( es, Congreso Sudamericano de Ferrocarriles, Congreso SudFerro; pt, Congresso Ferroviário Sul-Americano) were held between 1910 and 1941: * in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1910; * in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922; * in Santiago de Chile in 1929; and * in Bogotá, Colombia in 1941. The first congress had been assembled on the initiative of the government of Argentina. The congresses primarily served as a meeting point for the Southern Cone countries to exchange ideas about railroad development and how to integrate the economies of different countries through railroad communications. At the Bogotá congress it was decided that the South American congresses would be substituted by Pan-American Railway Congresses. The fifth Pan-American Railway Congress was held in Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congreso SudFerro
() is a musical band from Chile. Founded in 1969 in Quilpué, it is a highly acclaimed band with over 50 years of experience fusioning and developing Latin American music. Began their career in the late 1960s linked to Nueva Canción Chilena, New Chilean Song movement, however with the advent of the Military government of Chile (1973–1990), military dictatorship and cultural constraints of the time, added to the great instrumental vocation of its members, they evolved into a progressive rock style, and later to a fusion (music), fusion sound that incorporated elements also from jazz fusion, contemporary music, pop music, and world music, in a style named by them as ''The New Latinamerican Music''. It is one of the most important bands in the history of the Chilean music, both for his refined musical compositions with lyrics of social and ethnic content, as well as by the good reception of the national and international public and critics. Formed together with Los Jaivas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
