The Festival Mundial de la Canción Latina was a televised song contest in 1969 and 1970, hosted in

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, which preceded and was succeeded by the Festival OTI de la Canción which ran from 1972 to 2000. The original festival was supported by the

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and hosted in the Teatro Ferrocarrilero. The contest focused on music from Romance-speaking countries from across

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and

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, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian.

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