Espacio Carta Abierta or Carta Abierta (English: ''

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Spot'') is a group of Argentine

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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, Ricardo Forster and Jaime Sorín. 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: *

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, writer * Cristina Banegas, actress * Fernando Birri, 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, 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 * Ricardo Forster, philosopher and essayist * María José Gabin, actress * Jorge Gaggero, film director *

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, historian *

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, anthropologist *

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, poet * Octavio Getino, 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 * Ricardo Halac, journalist and essayist *

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, writer, cuentista, novelista and Argentinian essayist. * Carlos Heller, cooperativista, fundador y presidente del Banco Credicoop, diputado nacional * Noé Jitrik, literary critic * Eduardo Jozami, journalist, writer, activista, director del Centro Cultural de la Memoria «Haroldo Conti» * Mauricio Kartún, dramaturgo and theater director * Alejandro Kaufman, professor, crítico cultural and essayist *

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, political scientist and professor * María Pía López (1969-), congresswoman * Guillermo Mastrini (1967-), researcher and professor * Mariana Moyano, journalist and professor * Vicente Muleiro, journalist * Luis Felipe Noé, artist * José Nun, secretario de Cultura de la Nación * Enrique Oteiza, engineer and professor * Eduardo ''Tato'' Pavlovsky, psicoanalista, psicoterapeuta y actor * Joan Prim, poet, musician, painter * Adriana Puiggrós, 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) * Jaime Sorín, architect and dean of Facultad de Arquitectura * Rodolfo Hamawi editor * Cristina Bejar psychologist *

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, semiologist and writer * Gustavo Varela, philosopher *

, journalist * Laura Yusem, theater director and professor They self-define as nonpartisan, 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 * Jorge Vanossi * René Balestra

References

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