[citation needed] At the end of the 1970s, Gabino Palomares started to be recognized as one of the main exponents of both Mexican canto nuevo and the Latin American nueva canción (new song).

[citation needed] In recognition of both his work as singer-songwriter and social activist, Gabino Palomares was elected in 1982, in Cuba, General Secretary of the International Committee of the New Song, a position he held until 1988.

[15] From 1980 on, Gabino Palomares' career thrives as he performs in several tours and festivals in Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Germany, U.S., Canada, Ecuador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Peru and Costa Rica.

[citation needed] After almost a decade without releasing a record —which didn't stop him from performing and continuing his social activism—, he launched in the year 2000 the album Historia cotidiana (An Everyday Story, 2000).

The record includes a song dedicated to the EZLN: "Espejos de mi alma" (Mirrors of my soul, 2000) and a personal homage to singer and friend Amparo Ochoa: "Hermosísimo lucero" ("Beautiful Bright Star").

[16] Throughout his career, Gabino Palomares has shared stage with some of the great exponents of the Latin American nueva canción movement, among them: Mercedes Sosa, Silvio Rodríguez, Pete Seeger, Daniel Viglietti, León Gieco, Pablo Milanés, Alí Primera, Luis Eduardo Aute, Joan Manuel Serrat, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Isabel Parra, Pedro Luís Ferrer and Chico Buarque.