Carlos Consiglieri
Biography:
Carlos Alberto Jorge Consiglieri was born in Lisbon on July 14, 1933, into an anti-fascist family. His uncle, Carlos Filipe Rodrigues Consiglieri, had been imprisoned in the Aljube prison in the 1930s and had been brutally tortured.
Carlos Consiglieri was a member of the Democratic Unity Movement (MUD) Youth, the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), and the Civic Vote Commission. He participated in the Opposition’s 1957 National Assembly election campaign. He was then an employee of the Lisbon City Council and participated in the municipal workers’ strikes. After actively participating in the candidacies of Arlindo Vicente and Humberto Delgado, he was arrested in September 1958. He was interrogated and subjected to torture by the statue and sleeping for three days and three nights at the PIDE headquarters. He was then transferred to the Aljube prison, where he was held in the infirmary and spent approximately two months in isolation. In June 1959, he was transferred to Caxias, where he led numerous protests, uprisings, and hunger strikes, and was subjected to various punishments, including a week in secrecy. He was sentenced in December 1959 to two years and two months in prison, followed by security measures, totaling approximately five years. In November 1963, he was paroled. After his release, he settled in Cape Verde with permanent residence. He became a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He was arrested in 1967 following a demonstration. After a hunger strike, he was sent to Lisbon, from where he quickly left for France. In Paris, he joined Maoist movements, completed a degree in Economics at the École des Hautes Etudes, and taught. He authored several books, taught at several schools and colleges, collaborated with senior universities, and served as a councilor on the Benfica Parish Council.
Date of Collection: 18.01.2017
Keywords: Juvenile MUD, Comunist Party, 1958 elections, Prison, Family, Aljube Prison, Interrogations, Torture, Caxias, Solidarity, PIDE, PAIGC.
