From Lafone to Jodal
Uruguay’s Entrepreneurial Memory
Uruguay remembers those who governed it far better than those who created companies, opened markets, introduced technologies and transformed the country.
“From Lafone to Jodal” recovers that history, from the entrepreneurs of Uruguay’s formative years to the knowledge economy.
Who materially built Uruguay, and how?
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Samuel Lafone: the businessman who helped build Uruguay and extended his ventures to the Falklands
He arrived before independence, industrialized Montevideo, financed governments and expanded his commercial network into the South Atlantic. Lafone embodies the …
Who Materially Built Uruguay? From Lafone to Jodal
An unexpected question from Yitzhak Rabin about Fernando Secco Aparicio opens a broader one: why does Uruguay remember those who …