The day the wife of a member of the military junta stopped a queens concert in Chile | Arts and culture



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The Queen had two opportunities to visit Chile with Freddie Mercury in his formation, in 1981 and 1985 and both were frustrated by the military junta that ruled the country during those years.

The first time, they do not get the necessary authorizations for the concert (the first mbadive musical show under dictatorship took place only in 1989, with Rod Stewart ), while Margarita Riofrío wife of Admiral José Toribio Merino, member of the board of directors.

According to the newspaper El Mercurio, in an interview published in February 2015 by Brian May and published by Brian May Riofrio was aware: he had seen them in the video of . I Want To Break Free (where the women's dresses appear) and he knew the extravagant look of his guitarist, who wore curly hair quite visible.