José Gabriel Barrenechea resorts to a hunger strike to demand his release from arbitrary arrests related to the blackouts.

There is a consensus. Rescuing democracy requires strengthening the institutions that are its pillars, which in turn depend on a society that trusts them.

Uruguay is experiencing the main political crisis since the restoration of democracy in 1985, and the trigger is so scandalous that for the serene and orderly country it sounds almost like fiction.

A new political cycle will begin in Argentina on December 10. How can we understand this true electoral earthquake?

I think it is important for the region to continue to exert pressure so that the most influential media in the world resumes its publications in Spanish. But I think it is much more important to join forces to try to create our own New York Times.

America is the pandemic’s world epicenter but there is one exception: Uruguay. However, the arguments presented in this and other articles, as well as by the government and the opposition do not explain the reality of the country. The fundamental causes of the miracle may have little to do with Charrúa merit.