Pedro Carlos Soto de la Colina, popularly known as Caitro Soto (born in San Luis, Cañete Province

Cañete Province

Cañete is a province located in southern Lima Region, Peru. It is bordered by the Lima Province on the north, the Ica Region on the south, the Huarochirí and Yauyos provinces on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the town of San Vicente de Cañete District...

, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, October 23, 1934 - Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, July 19, 2004) was an Afro-Peruvian

Afro-Peruvian

Afro Peruvians are citizens of Peru mostly descended from African slaves who were brought to the Western hemisphere with the arrival of the conquistadors towards the end of the slave trade.-Early history:...

 musician and composer. He was known for his version of the Peruvian folk song, "Toro Mata

Toro Mata

"Toro Mata" is one of the most famous folk songs in Peru, which has been recorded and developed by many different musical artists throughout its history...

" and as part of the Afro-Peruvian artist's collective Peru Negro

Perú Negro

Perú Negro is an Afro-Peruvian musical ensemble founded in 1969 to celebrate and preserve Peru's black culture and música criolla. Ronaldo Campos de la Colina founded the Lima-based group with 12 family members...

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Soto appeared in The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries (film)

At the end of the film, after his sojourn at the leper colony, Guevara confirms his nascent egalitarian, anti-authority impulses, while making a birthday toast, which is also his first political speech. In it he evokes a pan-Latin American identity that transcends both the arbitrary boundaries of...

as "Papá Carlito", a resident of the leper colony

Leper colony

A leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine leprous people.-History:Leper colonies or houses became widespread in the Middle Ages, particularly in Europe and India, and often run by monastic orders...

 at San Pablo

San Pablo, Peru

San Pablo was the location of a leper colony in Peru, located near Iquitos. It was visited by Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado in 1952. Refer to the movie, Diarios de motocicleta, for information on their visit to the leprosia. Information can also be found in Guevara's...

, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. There is a Caitro Soto CD entitled "De Cajon."