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I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy I am here to give voice to the invisible.

Carlos Santana

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Carlos Santana
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 20
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Jazz Guitarist
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Autlán
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
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