Espacio Carta Abierta or Carta Abierta (English: Open Letter Spot) is a group of Argentine intellectuals who formed in March 2008 in defense of the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner 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 Buenos Aires, present were Horacio Verbitsky, 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 artists.
Some of the Members are:
Federico Andahazi, writerCristina Banegas, actressFernando Birri, film directorJorge Boccanera, poet and journalistRodolfo Braceli, writerSergio Caletti, journalistManuel Callau, actorNicolás Casullo, writer and filosopherPatricio Contreras, actor chileno-argentino.Roberto Tito Cossa, actor and theater directorJorge Dubatti, crítico teatral and historianJosé Pablo Feinmann, writer and filosopherLeón Ferrari, painterHoracio Fontova, musician and actorJuan Forn, writerRicardo Forster, filosopher and essayistMaría José Gabin, actressJorge Gaggero, film directorNorberto Galasso, historianNéstor García Canclini, anthropologistJuan Gelman, poetOctavio Getino, film director, narrador e investigador de medios de comunicaciónJulio Godio, sociologistHoracio González, sociologist, ex director de la Biblioteca Nacional Argentina.Eduardo Grüner, essayistRicardo Halac, journalist and essayistLiliana Heker, writer, cuentista, novelista and argentinian essayist.Carlos Heller, cooperativista, fundador y presidente del Banco Credicoop, diputado nacionalNoé Jitrik, literary criticEduardo Jozami, journalist, writer, activista, director del Centro Cultural de la Memoria «Haroldo Conti»Mauricio Kartún, dramaturgo and theater directorAlejandro Kaufman, professor, crítico cultural and essayistErnesto Laclau, political scientist and professorMaría Pía López (1969-), congresswomanGuillermo Mastrini (1967-), researcher and professorMariana Moyano, journalist and professorVicente Muleiro, journalistLuis Felipe Noé, artistJosé Nun, secretario de Cultura de la NaciónEnrique Oteiza, engineer and professorEduardo Tato Pavlovsky, psicoanalista, psicoterapeuta y actorJoan Prim, poet, musician, painterAdriana Puiggrós, politician and pedagogueSergio Pujol, historianLorenzo Quinteros, actorEduardo Rinesi, filosopher and political scientistGuillermo Saccomanno, writerFederico Schuster, filosopher and professor (decano de Ciencias Sociales)Jaime Sorín, architect and dean of Facultad de ArquitecturaRodolfo Hamawi editorCristina Bejar psychologistOscar Steimberg, semiologist and writerGustavo Varela, filosopherHoracio Verbitsky, journalistLaura Yusem, theater director and professorThey self-define as nonpartisan, though they have been criticized for this assertion.
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.
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.
Members:
Marcos AguinisRaúl AlfonsínFélix LunaVíctor MartínezHipólito Solari YrigoyenDaniel SabsayJorge VanossiRené Balestra