Gustavo Marín
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Gustavo Marín, a Chilean-French economist and sociologist, is noted in particular for his key role in the creation and development of the longstanding international network, the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World. Since 2007, he has been Director of the world-governance think tank, the Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG).
, in northern Chile
. Today, he is married and has four children.
Of Quechua and Aymara descent, he was a student at the School of Sociology of the Catholic University until 1970. He quit school to live with the Mapuche
people in southern Chile, where he was one of the main organizers of a widespread movement to recover land that had been taken away from the Mapuche communities by colonizers. He was a leader of the left-wing revolutionary movement Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR)
until Pinochet’s September 11, 1973 military coup. He was an active underground resistant to the military regime until April 1974, when he was captured by the military intelligence services. He was detained for several months in the secret jails of the dictatorship then sentenced to a 20-year prison term by a military court. He was adopted by Amnesty International
and other Human Rights organizations, which allowed him to be evacuated to France in November 1976.
8. From 1983 to 1986 he worked in the Development Department of the Cimade
. He returned to Chile through Argentina in 1986. There, he worked at PRIES-CONO SUR (South Cone Regional Social and Economic Research Program, a research network in economic, social, and political fields), as Coordinator of research centers, universities, labor unions, and NGOs in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay.
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Late 2007, he launched, jointly with Arnaud Blin
, the Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG), of which he is Director.
MIR leader and detention by Pinochet's military regime
Born on April 24, 1950 in AntofagastaAntofagasta
Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has a population of 296,905...
, in northern Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. Today, he is married and has four children.
Of Quechua and Aymara descent, he was a student at the School of Sociology of the Catholic University until 1970. He quit school to live with the Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
people in southern Chile, where he was one of the main organizers of a widespread movement to recover land that had been taken away from the Mapuche communities by colonizers. He was a leader of the left-wing revolutionary movement Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR)
Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)
Revolutionary Left Movement is a Chilean political party and former left-wing guerrilla organization founded on October 12, 1965...
until Pinochet’s September 11, 1973 military coup. He was an active underground resistant to the military regime until April 1974, when he was captured by the military intelligence services. He was detained for several months in the secret jails of the dictatorship then sentenced to a 20-year prison term by a military court. He was adopted by Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
and other Human Rights organizations, which allowed him to be evacuated to France in November 1976.
A political refugee in France
As a political refugee in France, he began working in 1977 as a telephone installer, while pursuing his higher education. He obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of ParisUniversity of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
8. From 1983 to 1986 he worked in the Development Department of the Cimade
Cimade
The Cimade is a French NGO founded at the beginning of the WWII by French Protestant student groups, in particular the Christian activist and member of the French Resistance Madeleine Barot, to give assistance and support to people uprooted by war, in the first instance those who were evacuated...
. He returned to Chile through Argentina in 1986. There, he worked at PRIES-CONO SUR (South Cone Regional Social and Economic Research Program, a research network in economic, social, and political fields), as Coordinator of research centers, universities, labor unions, and NGOs in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Works in 1988 and 1991
During this period, he published the following books, widely used as sources in academic works:- Los grupos transnacionales y la crisis, Editorial Nueva América, Buenos Aires, 1988.
- Estado autoritario, deuda externa y grupos económicos, with Patricio Rozas, Ediciones Chile América CESOC, Santiago, 1988.
- El endeudamiento bancario de los grupos económicos, su incidencia en la crisis de pagos y las políticas des Estado de Chile, with Patricio Rozas, PRIES CONO SUR, Santiago, 1988.
- El mapa de la extrema riqueza: 10 años después, with Patricio Rozas, Ediciones Chile América CESOC, Santiago, 1989.
- "Chile Hacia el Siglo XXI: Crisis del Capitalismo y Recomposición de las clases sociales," Documentos de Trabajo no. 43, PRIES CONO SUR, Santiago, 1991.
International solidarity network and the World Social Forum
In 1992, he returned to France and worked as Head of the Future of the Planet Program at the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind, an independent foundation instituted under Swiss law and based in Paris. He has been Head of Programs at the same foundation since 2002. He was one of the organizers of the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World and was a founding member of the International Council of the World Social ForumWorld Social Forum
The World Social Forum is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization...
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Worldwide publication of his personal and political accounts
His Relatos íntimos de José Peralta, a personal account of his political activity and detainment, was published in Chile by Ediciones Tiempo Nuevo in 2003 and re-edited by Ediciones AYUN in 2009. It has been translated:- into Portuguese, published in Brazil by Escrituras in 2003
- into English, published in India by Pipal Tree in 2004 as Singing in the Prison Shower
- into Chinese, published by Xinhua Press in 2006, and
- into French, published in Morocco by Tarik Editions in 2007 as Résistance et Espoir au Chili 1973 - 2007.
Other activities and new world-governance think tank
Gustavo Marín has organized seminars and conferences on themes related to democracy, civil society, and governance in China, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mauritania, Rwanda, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, France, Spain, among other countries.Late 2007, he launched, jointly with Arnaud Blin
Arnaud Blin
Arnaud Blin is a French historian and political scientist. He has focused mainly on international relations and the history of war and peace, including the history of terrorism. Although educated in the United States , he has published almost exclusively in French. His History of Terrorism Arnaud...
, the Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG), of which he is Director.
See also
- 1973 Chilean coup d'état
- Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
- Global governanceGlobal governanceGlobal governance or world governance is the political interaction of transnational actors aimed at solving problems that affect more than one state or region when there is no power of enforcing compliance. The modern question of world governance exists in the context of globalization...
- Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)Revolutionary Left Movement is a Chilean political party and former left-wing guerrilla organization founded on October 12, 1965...
- World Social ForumWorld Social ForumThe World Social Forum is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization...
External links
Short selection of articles by Gustavo Marín on the Internet- "A World Alliance against Social Apartheid" (1995). Forum for a new World Governance.
- "Some Day, We Will Dismantle the Wall. Some Day, We Will Open the Big Avenues Again" (2004). Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World.
- "Reforming the United Nations and Redefining Politics", with P. Calame (2005). World Social Forum.
- "Letter to Michelle Bachelet" (2006). Alternatives.
- "A People, United, Will Never Be Defeated!" (2006). Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World.
- "Inventing a New World Governance Now", with Arnaud Blin (2009). Forum for a new World Governance.