Igor Alexis Goicovic Donoso (born 5 November 1960) is a Chilean

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and

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dedicated to the

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, field which he has territorially deploy in

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune on Zona Central, Chile, central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located withi ...

. He has taught lessons at the

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or the

University of Playa Ancha Playa Ancha University of Educational Sciences (), mostly known as Playa Ancha University or UPLA, is a public university in Valparaíso, Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities, belonging to the Council of Rectors, a select grou ...

Biography

Goicovic was born in the town of

Illapel Illapel () is a Chilean city, which is the capital of the Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It lies along the Illapel River and marks the country's narrowest point along a parallel (94 km). It is located to the east of Los Vilos. Admini ...

at the Coquimbo Region. Then he completed his

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at the C-17 Lyceum of

Los Vilos Los Vilos (From mapuche: ''Filu'', ‘snake’) ? is both a Chilean coastal commune and a coastal city with over 9,000 inhabitants (18,275 in comuna), located in the Province of Choapa, part of the IV Region of Coquimbo. The city has a harbour ...

, near to La Serena. In 1980, he joined the History Institute of the

Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso () (PUCV), also known as ''Universidad Católica de Valparaíso'' (UCV), is one of six Catholic universities in Chile and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with th ...

where he graduated in 1989 as Professor of History and Geography. While studying, he was a tough activist against

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Military dictatorship of Chile, Chile from 1973 to 1990. From 1973 to 1981, he was the leader ...

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. First, as a member of the Socialist Party Youth (JS) and then in the ranks of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Marxist-leninist organisation. As a consequence of his role of activist, Goicovic was arrested on two occasions: first, in 1982, when he was accused of violating Decree Law No. 77, which outlawed leftist political organizations, so he was jailed for three months in the La Serena Public Jail; the second time, in 1984, he was accused of violating the Law on Arms and Explosives Control of October 21, 1972, being this time jailed for two years in the

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

Public Prison. When the dictatorship had ended, in 1990, he joined the Vina del Mar Municipal Corporation for Social Development as teacher of History and Geography. There, he worked until 2002 as classroom teacher at the Los Castaños Adult Education Center (the current «Los Castaños Education, Training and Improvement Center»).

External links

Profile at USACH

References

1960 births Living people 20th-century Chilean historians 20th-century Chilean male writers 21st-century Chilean historians 21st-century Chilean male writers Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso alumni University of Santiago, Chile alumni University of Murcia alumni Chilean essayists Chilean historians Chilean Marxists Socialist Party of Chile politicians Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile) politicians {{Chile-historian-stub