Testimonio de Horacio Luis González. Segunda parte / 21 de octubre 2015

Horacio Luis González Sociologist, essayist, writer, and professor. Horacio was active in the student council at the Sarmiento National College during his secondary studies. In the 1960s, he began studying Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he joined the University Anti-Imperialist Tendency (TAU) and the Majority Left Line (LIM) group. At the university, he participated in the National Chairs program and taught an introductory course in Economics. He was a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and later joined the Peronist Revolutionary Movement (MRP), where he maintained close ties with the Argentine Naval Workers Union (SAON), led by Roberto de Luca. He was also a member of the Peronist Youth (JP), where he carried out grassroots activism in the Buenos Aires neighborhoods of Floresta, Flores, and Bajo Flores. The MRP merged with the Montoneros, and Horacio joined that organization, leaving in 1973. He had a brief stint with the JP-La Lealtad. In 1976, despite not being an organized member, he was arrested and spent six months imprisoned in the Central Police Department. His case was referred to the Army War Council, which declared itself incompetent, as did the Federal Court. Once released, he decided to go into exile in Brazil. In São Paulo, he worked as a teacher at a school affiliated with the University of São Paulo. While in exile, he also pursued his doctoral studies. He returned to Argentina in December 1983. In Argentina, Horacio resumed teaching at the University, published several books, and participated in the Ojo Mocho project, among other publishing ventures. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Carta Abierta intellectual collective. He is a former Director of the Mariano Moreno National Library.