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Paquita la del Barrio

Lovingly dubbed as “La Reina del Pueblo” (The Queen of the People) and “La Guerrillera del Bolero” (The Guerrilla of Bolero), Francisca Viveros Barrada (born on April 2, 1947), aka Paquita la del Barrio, is a Mexican singer-songwriter, actress, and one of the first female artists to denounce her country’s overtly machista culture. Gifted with a sardonic sense of humor and well-versed in a whole host of Mexican Regional styles such as mariachi, bolero, and ranchera, Viveros Barrada moved from her hometown in Veracruz to Mexico City in 1970 to pursue a career in music after finding...