Tag: South America

La Hora (Uruguay) on Sitios de Memoria Uruguay

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La Hora is an essential primary source for scholars of Latin American political and economic history. This period marked a decline in Uruguay’s historic democratic stability — marked by high inflation, government, crackdowns on leftist political movements. La Hora offers a unique lens on the political conditions that led to significant social changes in Uruguay. “Sitios de Memoria Uruguay” has digitized forty-two issues of La Hora from 1984 to 1989.

This website is an independent initiative by the Sitios de Memoria Uruguay collective, supported by organizations central to the struggle for memory, truth, justice, and reparation.
This website is an independent initiative by the Sitios de Memoria Uruguay collective, supported by organizations central to the struggle for memory, truth, justice, and reparation.

The site description is as follows,” La Hora (diario cooperativo) fue un diario vinculado al Partido Comunista del Uruguayo, pero a la que se integraban periodistas de otros sectores del Frente Amplio. Sus números se publicaron entre 1984 (aún en dictadura) y 1989, año en que se fusionó con El Popular. De esa fusión surgió el diario “La Hora Popular”, publicado entre 1989 y 1991. El antecedente inmediato a la aparición de “La Hora” fue la publicación “Cinco días”, editada durante solo 4 semanas entre marzo y abril de 1984 hasta su clausura.

La Hora tuvo suplementos temáticos, como “La Hora sindical”, “Liberación” y “La Hora Internacional”. En los casos en que la publicación completa pudo obtenerse, estos suplementos se presentan integrados dentro de un mismo archivo. Cuando solo pudo conseguirse los suplementos, se presentan separados.”

Below is the landing page of the newspaper archive.

La Hora serves as a critical primary source for scholars analyzing Latin American political and economic history. During this era, Uruguay’s longstanding democratic stability eroded, characterized by soaring inflation, state suppression of leftist movements, and the emergence of the Tupamaros.
La Hora serves as a critical primary source for scholars analyzing Latin American political and economic history. During this era, Uruguay’s longstanding democratic stability eroded, characterized by soaring inflation, state suppression of leftist movements, and the emergence of the Tupamaros.

 

Voices & Vision: A Hispanic American Heritage Month Webinar at UC Berkeley Library

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All are invited to attend our 2025 Hispanic American Heritage Month webinar that this time focuses on Afro-Latinx heritage.

The webinar will take place on September 16th from 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm PST (3:45 pm to 5:15 pm EST). The webinar is free and open to all with prior registration.

One may register for the webinar here: https://ucberk.li/3KN.

This is a poster-slide for a 2025 National Hispanic American Heritage celebration webinar focuses on Afro-Latinx Heritage

This webinar features three scholars whose work advances understanding of Latin American and Afro-Latinx communities through social policy, culture, and education. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the event explores racial and gender justice, ethnoracial legislation, climate ethnography, and Afro-Indigenous knowledge systems. Presenters offer critical insights into how law, environment, heritage, and pedagogy shape the lived experiences of Hispanic and Afro-Latinx communities.