Lecture about Artigas' ideas.

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Discussion of José Gervasio Artigas and the early Uruguayan independence period. Discusses Artigas as falling outside of the "civilization or barbarism" framework suggested by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Video pays particular attention to Artigas' political ideas, suggesting their democratic foundations.

Independence

federalism

Protect trade

Land policies

Democracy

The imagined Nation