If I had the obligation to define the attitude of Uruguayan politics – all of it, government and opposition, although the generalization makes it uncomfortable – in the face of the ups and downs that are shaking the region, with different intensity depending on which country we are talking about, I would need, to be the civilized as possible, appeal to a metaphor. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: ¡Ah QUÉ CÓMODO LIMBO..!
When we talk about improving coexistence in our society, the first thing to understand is summed up in a school-level phrase, even though that is the root of many misunderstandings and conflicts: “My rights can reach the limit where the rights of others». We all have constitutional rights in a democratic State, as well as obligations, but for both, no one ignores that there are limits. Continúa leyendo El PENSADOR: DETALLES MÍNIMOS, GRANDES PROBLEMAS
Hay un poema donde figura este tramo: -El día que me quieras tendrá más luz en junio./ La noche que me quieras será de plenilunio,/ con notas de Beethoven vibrando en cada rayo/ sus inefables cosas/ y habrá juntas más rosas/ que en todo el mes de mayo… Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: POETAS SIN BARRERA
Now that we are just a few steps away from deciding on the educational reform project – or so the facts seem to indicate – I feel the impulse, even at the risk of being labeled as simplistic, to insist that the essential point is learning to read correctly, to develop comprehension and, in parallel, speak, write and think better. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL LENGUAJE Y SUS COMPLEJIDADES
Cuando se busca con tenacidad y paciencia el origen de obras del arte popular –por ejemplo de teatro, cine o música- suelen surgir, como ángeles de la sorpresa convocados por alguna divinidad escondida, aspectos que van más allá de lo curioso. Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: Monte Criollo
The world of the future will be inextricably linked to the formation of the personality of those who, day by day, awaken to life. That is, those who are born with innate abilities –such as swimming or being amazed at the life they are beginning to discover- and others that will be built according to how they are treated. Continúa leyendo El PENSADOR: TODO EMPIEZA MUY TEMPRANO
