Mexican music in Chile

[1] Geographically, Mexican music is most popular in south-central Chile, but there are also significant listeners elsewhere, such as in the northern city of La Serena.

[5] [In the 1940s, Chile and Mexico] were nations with similar agricultures, in [both] countries people worked from sunrise to sunset, and there was a liking for horses.

Spanish original: [En la década de 1940, Chile y México] eran naciones con agriculturas similares, en los países se trabajaba de sol a sol, y había un gusto por los caballosAs Mexican music gained ground in Chile by the 1970s, the popularity of the corrido was considered to be on par with the local cueca,[3] a local genre regarded as typically Chilean and promoted by the Pinochet dictatorship.

[5] Jorge Inostroza, a prominent radio host and promoter of Mexican music, alienated much of his audience with his public support of the Pinochet dictatorship.

[5] This, together with the shutdown of radio stations sympathetic to the former Allende administration, had a negative impact to Mexican music in Chile.

[5] In response to these adversities, Chilean exiles in Spain and Mexico supplied their relatives in Chile with records of Mexican music.