EL PENSADOR: EL CICLO INTERMINABLE

I have suddenly noticed, just by rereading some texts, that humanity, at this point in the evolution of science and technology and, supposedly, of education, is immersed in an infernal cycle regarding one of its most discussed problems the length and breadth of the planet: the damage that human beings, stuck in an apparent progress and in their ambitions, are causing to nature and that generates one of the greatest dangers for the near future. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL CICLO INTERMINABLE

EL PENSADOR: LA POLÍTICA MITÓMANA

Going back over old readings of philosophers from different times -Bacon, Kingsley, Huxley, Russell- I have noticed the antiquity of a problem that Uruguayan society suffers today and that I, perhaps confused by the speed, sound and little thinking of the modern world, I had believed something installed from the democratic restoration after the dictatorship. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: LA POLÍTICA MITÓMANA

EL PENSADOR: OPINIONES OLVIDADAS

There are many citizens – I know – who have been surprised by information that has been circulating in recent days: according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, based on data from the OAS Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, Uruguay is the country with the highest Per capita consumption of cocaine in Latin America. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: OPINIONES OLVIDADAS

REFLEXIÓN: SOBRE EL TRABAJO INFANTIL

It is necessary to instill in our children the value, respect and responsibility for study, work or assigned tasks, teaching them how rewarding it is to reap the fruits of work carried out with honesty and effort. But within this positive teaching, we must never forget, much less invalidate, their rights to education, protection and maintenance by their parents or caregivers in a balanced, equitable and responsible manner; to the rest that your body, soul and mind in formation need to be a healthy adult in all areas of your life. Continúa leyendo REFLEXIÓN: SOBRE EL TRABAJO INFANTIL

EDITORIAL: ANÁLISIS DE LAS ELECCIONES EN COLOMBIA «SEGUNDA VUELTA PRESIDENCIAL»

Given the surprising results of the second presidential round in Colombia, those who cast as the undisputed winner the candidate of the Historical Pact, the leftist Gustavo Petro Urrego, with the highest vote obtained by any president in the country, eleven million two hundred and eighty-one thousand and thirteen votes (11,281,013), for a fifty point forty-four percent (50.44%). Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: ANÁLISIS DE LAS ELECCIONES EN COLOMBIA «SEGUNDA VUELTA PRESIDENCIAL»

EDITORIAL: PUNTA DE LANZA FESTIVO «GANO PETRO»

COLOMBIA: “Between virtue and sin. In no way will I change my worrying and constant assessments, expressed both in writing and verbally, about the winner. IT DOESN’T INSPIRE ME CONFIDENCE, I will only apply the condition of a gentleman, as a man of his word, who respects the results. The winner is recognized for his victory, so, he has achieved it by any of the means used, good or bad, the point is that he achieved it, period. The form is no longer interesting, it is an accomplished fact. But as a matter of principle, today I must express my point of view. – The human being is a being subject to change, if it does not change, it dies faster.- Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: PUNTA DE LANZA FESTIVO «GANO PETRO»