Espacio Carta Abierta or Carta Abierta (English: ''

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who formed in March 2008 in defense of the

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government, which was facing a conflict with the agricultural sector. Members of Espacio Carta Abierta made their first public appearance on 13 May of the same year in the Gandhi library, in

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, present were

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, Nicolás Casullo,

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and

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. This was where they presented their first open letter, which was signed by more than 750 intellectuals and

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. Some of the Members are: *

Federico Andahazi Federico Andahazi (born June 6, 1963) is an Argentine writer and psychologist. Biography Federico Andahazi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Congreso, a very central neighborhood of the city. He is the son of Bela Andahazi, an aristocratic ...

, writer *

Cristina Banegas Cristina Banegas (born 26 February 1948) is an Argentine film, TV and stage actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1965. Selected filmography Awards *International Emmy Award The International Emmy Awards, or Internati ...

, actress *

Fernando Birri Fernando Birri (March 13, 1925 – December 27, 2017) was an Argentine film maker and theorist. He was considered by many to be the father of the new Latin American cinema. Biography Birri was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. After being involved in ...

, film director * Jorge Boccanera, poet and journalist * Rodolfo Braceli, writer * Sergio Caletti, journalist *

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, actor * Nicolás Casullo, writer and philosopher *

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, actor chileno-argentino. * Roberto ''Tito'' Cossa, actor and theater director * Jorge Dubatti, crítico teatral and historian *

José Pablo Feinmann José Pablo Feinmann (29 March 1943 – 17 December 2021) was an Argentine philosopher, writer, playwright, and television host. He also penned several screenplays for domestic film production and international coproductions. Born to Abraham a ...

, writer and philosopher *

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, painter *

Horacio Fontova Horacio González Fontova (30 October 1946 – 20 April 2020) was an Argentine actor, singer-songwriter and comedian. He was born in Buenos Aires. He was known for his roles in '' The Plague'' (1992), '' Aballay'' (2011) and ''Underdogs'' (2 ...

, musician and actor *

Juan Forn Juan Forn (November 5, 1959 – June 20, 2021) was an Argentine writer, translator, and editor. He wrote four novels (''Corazones cautivos más arriba'', 1987, ''Frivolidad'', 1995, ''Puras mentiras'', and ''María Domecq'', 2007), a compilation ...

, writer *

, philosopher and essayist * María José Gabin, actress *

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, film director *

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, historian *

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, anthropologist *

Juan Gelman Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, country where he arrived as a political exile of th ...

, poet *

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, film director, narrador e investigador de medios de comunicación * Julio Godio, sociologist *

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, sociologist, ex director de la Biblioteca Nacional Argentina. * Eduardo Grüner, essayist *

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, journalist and essayist *

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, writer, cuentista, novelista and Argentinian essayist. *

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, cooperativista, fundador y presidente del Banco Credicoop, diputado nacional *

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, literary critic * Eduardo Jozami, journalist, writer, activista, director del Centro Cultural de la Memoria «Haroldo Conti» * Mauricio Kartún, dramaturgo and theater director *

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, professor, crítico cultural and essayist *

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, political scientist and professor *

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(1969-), congresswoman * Guillermo Mastrini (1967-), researcher and professor * Mariana Moyano, journalist and professor * Vicente Muleiro, journalist *

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, artist * José Nun, secretario de Cultura de la Nación *

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, engineer and professor * Eduardo ''Tato'' Pavlovsky, psicoanalista, psicoterapeuta y actor * Joan Prim, poet, musician, painter *

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, politician and pedagogue * Sergio Pujol, historian *

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, actor * Eduardo Rinesi, philosopher and political scientist * Guillermo Saccomanno, writer * Federico Schuster, philosopher and professor (decano de Ciencias Sociales) *

, architect and dean of Facultad de Arquitectura * Rodolfo Hamawi editor * Cristina Bejar psychologist *

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, semiologist and writer *

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, philosopher *

, journalist * Laura Yusem, theater director and professor They self-define as

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, though they have been criticized for this assertion.

Criticism

They are accused to be an organic group that adheres politically to Cristina Fernández party, attack that relies on the fact that the group includes some State officials.

Grupo Aurora

A group of intellectuals called "Grupo Aurora" appeared in July of the next year. It was strongly critic of the government, and therefore they were an opposition organism of Carta Abierta.VENERANDA, Marcelo
"Nació Aurora, un grupo intelectual crítico del Gobierno"
''lanacion.com'', Retrieved February 2, 2013 Members: *

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* Víctor Martínez * Hipólito Solari Yrigoyen * Daniel Sabsay *

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* René Balestra

References

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