Félix Escobar: Trajetória e Morte de um Militante Comunista em Duque de Caxias, na Guanabara e em Salvador

Abstract

The Brazilian Military Dictatorchip still arouses the of several researchers as it is the target of diferente groups that dispute the memory of its past. Following the scope of the concept of memory, established by important names such as Pollack, Le Goff ande Ricoeur, we seek to bring to light the trajectory of the communist militant Félix Escobar (1923–1971). Dead in the basements of the dictatorship and forgotten by the regime that buried him, his actions are capable of instigating questions sbout his engagement in the armed struggle in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where he built his political activism career. As happened with several others who participated in the guerrilla, his memory was erased amid the disputes that still persist around the military period. Through documents presente in the Public Archive of the State of Rio de Janeiro (APERJ), on the Grupo Tortura Nunca Mais/Rio Website and interviews with Escobar’s Family members (Antônio Escobar and Irany Escobar), the current work revisits the activist’s political participation with with the aim of rescuing his legacy. In this way, we seek to understand how Escobar is able to represent a social identity, especially regarding understand involved with the comunista cause in the municipality of Duque de Caxias in na extremely importante period for Brazilian republican history.