Editing Cueca (section)

===Twentieth century===
During the twentieth century, cueca became associated with the common man in Chile, and through them, the dance spread to pre-industrialized urban areas such as La Vega, Estación, and Matadero, which were on the outskirts of [[Santiago]] at the time.<ref>Claro Valdés, Samuel, Carmen Peña Fuenzalida y María Isabel Quevedo Cifuentes (1994). [http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0014750.pdf ''Chilena o cueca tradicional''] (PDF). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. p. 543. {{ISBN|956-14-0340-4}}. Consultado el 22 de mayo de 2015.</ref> In the 1970s, cueca and [[Mexican music in Chile|Mexican music]] enjoyed similar levels of popularity in the Chilean countryside.<ref name="Danne1975">{{cite journal |last1=Danemann |first1=Manuel |date=1 January 1975 |title=Situación actual de la música folklórica chilena. Según el 'Atlas del Folklore de Chile' |trans-title=Current situation of Chilean folk music. According to the 'Atlas del Folklore de Chile' |url=https://revistamusicalchilena.uchile.cl/index.php/RMCH/article/view/11394 |journal=Revista Musical Chilena |language=es |volume=29 |issue=131 |pages=38–86}}</ref><ref name="OmarMarco2017">{{Cite journal |last1=Montoya Arias |first1=Luis Omar |last2=Díaz Güemez |first2=Marco Aurelio |date=2017-09-12 |title=Etnografía de la música mexicana en Chile: Estudio de caso |journal=Revista Electrónica de Divulgación de la Investigación |language=es |volume=14 |pages=1–20}}</ref> Due to being distinctly Chilean, cueca was chosen by Pinochet's military dictatorship to be promoted.<ref name="OmarMarco2017" />

Cueca was officially declared the national dance of Chile due to its significant presence throughout the country's history, announced via a public decree in the Official Journal (Diario Oficial) on November 6, 1979.<ref>Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno (06 de noviembre de 1979), [http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=224886&idVersion=1979-11-06 «Decreto 23: Declara a la cueca danza nacional de Chile»], ''Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile'', consultado el 1 de marzo de 2011.</ref> Emilio Ignacio Santana, a cueca specialist, argues that the dictatorship's appropriation and promotion of cueca had negative effects on the genre.<ref name="OmarMarco2017" /> According to Santana, the dictatorship's endorsement resulted in the wealthy landlord ([[huaso]]) becoming the icon associated with cueca, rather than the rural laborer.<ref name="OmarMarco2017" />