Author name: GUILLERMO SILVA GRUCCI

The debate over secularism in Uruguay once again confronts competing constitutional interpretations and reopens the discussion about the role of the State, the university and academic freedom. In our previous article, we recalled the opinion of former Socialist legislator Dr. José Korzeniak regarding the nonexistence of the “two libraries of law,” because the second one […]

The proposal to create a Council on Secularism revives the constitutional debate over state neutrality and the limits of parliamentary power in relation to popular sovereignty. In a previous article, we referred to Senator Bordaberry’s bill, which sought to create a Council on Secularism to safeguard this fundamental republican principle, systematically disregarded by the influence

The politicisation of public education turned Uruguay’s classrooms into ideological territory and left the defence of secular neutrality unresolved. The application of Gramscianism across the different spheres of society, and particularly in public education, began to yield electoral dividends in Uruguay.First it was the department of Montevideo that fell into the hands of the left.

The strategy of cultural hegemony shifted political struggle towards education, the media and institutions. In previous articles, we examined the process by which Marxism co-opted education in Uruguay.A task accomplished in the best Gramscian fashion, which can be described as successful—regrettably successful.The Italian Antonio Gramsci argued that a ruling stratum did not remain in power

The evolution of the Cuban regime and its influence on segments of Uruguay’s university system raise historical questions that remain unresolved. Radio Carve, a Montevideo radio station that at the time maintained a firm anti-communist editorial stance, used to fill its commercial breaks by juxtaposing two speeches by Fidel Castro.I heard them so many times

How the 1958 university autonomy reform, according to the author, unintentionally enabled a long-term ideological transformation that traditional parties failed to foresee. Anyone who has not even attended, but simply walked past the entrance of a public educational institution in Uruguay, cannot have failed to notice the walls covered with political slogans. The interiors are

Marcellin Berthelot’s vision of the twenty-first century reveals how nineteenth-century scientific optimism underestimated the complexity of human nature and history. Life Shall Blossom / Pain Shall Be No More We recalled in our previous article Marcellin Berthelot. Let us now explore another aspect of his personality: that of a prophet.On April 5, 1894, during a

Bauzá’s constitutional defense during the exile of Máximo Santos offers a timeless warning about the dangers of using political power to override constitutional order and popular sovereignty. After the attempt on his life, General Santos eventually resigned from the presidency and left for Europe with his family.After General Tajes was elected, he appointed Dr. Julio

A debate born after Latorre’s dictatorship offers enduring lessons about legality, institutional stability and political responsibility. Not many years ago, a former President of the Republic, whose name I do not wish to recall, stated before a press always eager for his controversial remarks that politics prevails over law.His words, as usual, generated the most