Roberto Muñiz

Roberto Muniz (Arabic: روبرتو مونيز), born July 17, 1923, in General Villegas, Argentina, and died in Algiers on November 12, 2022, was an activist and fighter for Algerian independence. Roberto Muniz, nicknamed "Mahmoud the Argentinian," was the youngest of his siblings. Born into a modest farming family where the struggle for dignity was not an empty phrase, he learned to earn his living at a very young age. As a child, he already helped his father in the fields. The son of a peasant, he lived 500 km from the Argentine capital. He participated in field work until the age of 8. He was secretary general of the "Argentine Workers' Party." With the banning of Peronism and the loss of his job at the Siam factory, where he was a delegate, Muñiz emigrated to Córdoba, where he continued to be active in the union. Distinguished as a defender of the causes of the humiliated and oppressed, Roberto Muniz quickly embraced the Algerian cause. Having come into contact with members of the Algerian...