Augusto Conte diputado. Entre la Democracia Cristiana y el Movimiento de Derechos Humanos

The article focusses on the performance of the Christian Democrat Augusto Conte during the first years of democratic reconstruction in Argentina. From a microanalytical perspective on an individual scale, it is possible to shed light on the complex network of political-social actors of the early eighties around two central problems of this particular situation: the revision of the dictatorial past and the prosecution of those responsible for the violations of human rights. The follow-up of this trajectory makes it possible to elucidate the scope and limitations faced by this deputy as representative of the human rights movement in Parliament against the government's strategies, the demands and tensions that human rights organizations went through and the conflicts that arose in the Christian Democratic Party in whose name he assumed the position.The article focusses on the performance of the Christian Democrat Augusto Conte during the first years of democratic reconstruction in Argentina. From a microanalytical perspective on an individual scale, it is possible to shed light on the complex network of political-social actors of the early eighties around two central problems of this particular situation: the revision of the dictatorial past and the prosecution of those responsible for the violations of human rights. The follow-up of this trajectory makes it possible to elucidate the scope and limitations faced by this deputy as representative of the human rights movement in Parliament against the government's strategies, the demands and tensions that human rights organizations went through and the conflicts that arose in the Christian Democratic Party in whose name he assumed the position.El artículo focaliza el análisis en el desempeño del diputado democristiano Augusto Conte durante los primeros años de la reconstrucción democrática en Argentina. Desde una perspectiva microanalítica a escala individual, es posible echar luz sobre el complejo entramado de actores político-sociales de comienzos de los años ochenta en torno a dos problemas centrales de esa particular coyuntura: la revisión del pasado dictatorial y el enjuiciamiento de los responsables de las violaciones a los derechos humanos. El seguimiento de esa trayectoria permite elucidar los alcances y limitaciones con las que se enfrentó este diputado en tanto representante del movimiento de derechos humanos en el Parlamento frente a las estrategias del gobierno, las demandas y tensiones que atravesaron los organismos de derechos humanos y los conflictos que se plantearon en el Partido Demócrata Cristiano en cuyo nombre asumió el cargo