"La Negra es un icono de la democracia"

Mercedes Sosa, a vocal defender of human rights and living legend of Latin American music if there ever was one, has died. President Kirchner has called for three days of national mourning in Argentina, the country that Sosa fled in exile for several years during La Dictadura. She performed alongside the likes of Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, Catano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, Charly Garcia, Joan Manuel Serrat, Ismael Serrano, Joan Baez, Shakira, and of course, Leon Gieco: