El derecho de vivir en paz (The Right to Live in Peace) is the sixth official single released by Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara as a solo artist.

El derecho de vivir en paz is a protest song against the US intervention in the Vietnam War,[5] and is a tribute to Ho Chi Minh.

[6] During its recording in the RCA Studios in Santiago,[7] several musicians collaborated,[4][8] including Patricio Castillo, Celso Garrido-Lecca, Inti Illimani and Los Blops.

The song mixes electric guitars and the Blops organ within a sound linked to folk roots.

[9] It also includes an electric bass and drums, unusual within Jara's previous work.