References from the song by Calle 13

This line refers to the Spanish conquest of the Americas and the gold and “spoils” that were taken back to Spain.

Reference to Machu Picchu – an ancient site hidden in the mountains by the Inca people.

Reference to a famous novel written by Nobel Prize winning Colombian Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Reference to the kidnapped and ‘disappeared’ persons from several Latin American Countries that lived under strict ‘totalitarian regime’ governments.

Reference to two goals made by Argentina soccer player Digeo Maradona during the 1986 World Cup against England – just a month after the Argentina’s defeat against England in the Falklands War. These goals are seen as revenge against England!

Reference to the Andes Mountains in South America

This is a reference to a famous Cuban leader named Jose Marti who wrote about and preached the importance of loving your “homeland” and being proud of where you are from and not looking towards Europe as ways of being.

Reference to the “pulque” alcoholic drink made from maguey sap (same thing tequila is made from). This was a popular drink of the Aztecs prior to the arrival of the Spanish. This link is also a reference to the “coyotes” that help transport illegals over the US border.

Reference to the traditional practice of those living in high Altitudes in the Americas that chew coca leaves for medicinal purposes.

Reference to a line from a poem written by a famous Chilean Poet, Pablo Neruda. So famous he is referred to as “el poeta” – and everyone knows who you are talking about!

Part of the song is in Portuguese as a reminder that more than 200 million people speak this language in South America.

A reference to ‘Operation Condor’, a repressive policy established by the US and several Latin American dictatorships in the 1970s to “stomp out” communist supporters and “subversives.”

The word America is used in this song at the end instead of Latin America. This refers to the fact that for people in the Americas that word represents the whole continent and not only the United States.