▁parts ▁of ▁Boliv ia , ▁E cuador , ▁Chile , ▁Colombia , ▁Peru ▁and ▁Venezuela . ▁And e an ▁music ▁is ▁popular ▁to ▁different ▁degrees ▁across ▁Latin ▁America , ▁having ▁its ▁core ▁public ▁in ▁rural ▁areas ▁and ▁among ▁ind igen ous ▁populations . ▁The ▁Nueva ▁Can ción ▁movement ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁rev ived ▁the ▁genre ▁across ▁Latin ▁America ▁and ▁bought ▁it ▁to ▁places ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁unknown ▁or ▁forgotten . ▁ ▁Nueva ▁canción ▁( Span ish ▁for ▁' new ▁song ') ▁is ▁a ▁movement ▁and ▁genre ▁within ▁Latin ▁American ▁and ▁I ber ian ▁music ▁of ▁folk ▁music , ▁folk - in sp ired ▁music ▁and ▁soci ally ▁committed ▁music . ▁It ▁some ▁respect s ▁its ▁development ▁and ▁role ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁folk ▁music ▁rev ival . ▁This ▁includes ▁evolution ▁of ▁this ▁new ▁genre ▁from ▁traditional ▁folk ▁music , ▁essentially ▁contemporary ▁folk ▁music ▁except ▁that ▁that ▁English ▁genre ▁term ▁is ▁not ▁commonly ▁applied ▁to ▁it . ▁Nueva ▁can cion ▁is ▁recognized ▁as ▁having ▁played ▁a ▁powerful ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁up he av als ▁in ▁Portugal , ▁Spain ▁and ▁Latin ▁America ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Nueva ▁can cion ▁first ▁sur fac ed ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁as ▁" The ▁Chile an ▁New ▁Song " ▁in ▁Chile . ▁The ▁musical ▁style ▁emer ged ▁shortly ▁afterwards ▁in ▁Spain ▁and ▁other ▁areas ▁of ▁Latin ▁America ▁where ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁under ▁similar