Abstract

BROQUETAS, Magdalena  and  DUFFAU, Nicolás. Una mirada crítica sobre el “Uruguay excepcional”. Reflexiones para una historia de larga duración sobre la violencia estatal en el siglo XX. Bol. Inst. Hist. Argent. Am. Dr. Emilio Ravignani [online]. 2020, n.53, pp.152-180. ISSN 0524-9767.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.34096/bol.rav.n53.8011.

Negotiations among and within political parties characterized twentieth-century Uruguayan political history, with only a limited role of the Armed Forces until the 1973 coup. This alleged ‘exceptionality’ has hindered the historical understanding of the last military-civil dictatorship and state-sponsored terrorism. Few studies consider the durability of repressive and authoritarian practices. Similarly, there is a scarcity of comparisons and synthesis including the different episodes of the breaking of democracy. By bringing a long-term perspective on the modalities and intensity of state violence in Uruguay during the last century, this article identifies and systematizes both the characteristics and instruments of state repression against political dissents. With the goal of generating reflection, this article offers analytical key aspects for a future research agenda on the continuity of authoritarianism in the country.

Keywords : State Violence; Uruguay; 20th Century.