Una Historia en imágenes 1957 - 1973

Title: Una Historia en imágenes 1957 - 1973

Photographer(s): Aurelio González

Writer(s): Aurelio González, Annabella Balduvino, Carlos Sanz

Designer(s): Manuel Carballa, Ana De Leòn

Publisher(s): Alter Ediciones, Montevideo, Uruguay

Year: 2015

Print run:

Language(s): Spanish

Pages: 336

Size: 22,5 x 22 cm

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 2nd, Alter Ediciones, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2016

Print: Mastergraf, Montevideo, Uruguay

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Uruguay, 1957 - 1973

ISBN: 9789974848665

On the night of 27 June 1973, the last moment of democracy in Uruguay took place in the Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo: President Juan María Bordaberry Arocena dissolved Parliament and tanks invaded the city streets. The path to dictatorship, common to other South American countries, had begun with the economic crisis and high inflation, which had led to a deterioration in living conditions, strikes and demonstrations.

In Uruguay, the journey had begun with President Jorge Pacheco Areco, who came to power in 1967. Until the fateful night of 1973. Aurelio González, photographer for El Popular, was in Parliament. His first thought went to the newspaper's photographic archive. It had to be saved.