Of the Wells of Deceit and the Heir of Incendiary Rhetoric After years of sowing gunpowder winds, the island of the Bearded Knight finally discovered that utopias, though beautiful on paper, have the unfortunate habit of not providing food. Once fertile and cultivated, the nation had become a wasteland of ration cards, where freedom and […]

Of Cardboard Martyrs and the Infiltration of the Machine-Gun Gallant It came to pass, reader, that once the seed of discord had been sown, it had to be watered with something thicker than ink. It required the mystique of gunpowder. For it is well known that enthusiasm is a disease young militants contract through lack

Several events that have recently impacted public opinion in Uruguay share a common thread that is not always addressed with sufficient clarity. The passport issue, the construction of two naval vessels for the Uruguayan Navy in a Spanish shipyard, and the recent restrictions on migrant visas to the United States are different episodes, yet all

How a Bearded Hidalgo Sold Mirages for Gold and a Thirst for Blood to Prosperous Nations Let us allow Cervantes to lend fascination to the tale of this story. In a corner of the Ocean Sea, where the sun seems never to set upon the vanity of men, there emerged a tall-booted knight with torrential

Pride is the satisfaction and self-indulgence derived from contemplating one’s own virtues while holding others in contempt. Pre-1959 Cuba was a country of profound contrasts. It was a nation with macroeconomic indicators and levels of urban modernity that much of the world envied, yet marked by deep social inequality and strong external dependency, which generated

How to read the EU–Mercosur agreement, Argentina’s emerging leadership, and the opportunities Uruguay should not ignore We are living through a peculiar moment in the international system. Never before has so much information been available, and at the same time, it has never been so difficult to identify which events are truly strategic and which

The slow release of Venezuelan political prisoners Several days ago, the Venezuelan government, “presided over” by Delcy Rodríguez, announced the release of political prisoners in the country, a group that was said to number around eight hundred at least. However, as hours and days passed, the hopes of many families fell into a kind of

Victim and executioner of its own people and of an entire region The first Spaniard to set foot on Cuban soil was Christopher Columbus, on October 28, 1492, landing in the eastern part of the island, in a place he called Bariay, and naming the island “Juana” in honor of the Catholic Monarchs, although he

In our previous article, What Do You Want, Cipriano, we addressed a topic that concerns all human beings: age and ageism, understood as the stigmatization of older people. We also recalled the Pan American Health Organization’s intention to fight this form of discrimination. In ancient times, the elderly were highly valued because they were considered