The Batllismo was a defining political and cultural phenomenon of Uruguay in the first three decades of the twentieth century. One of the most characteristic aspects of his speech and action was economic and social reformism. Within the limits of capitalism and political liberalism, it was...

Although the Uruguayan participation in world trade was insignificant, the external sector had a crucial role in the national economy of such a small and open country. On the one hand, the country's economic growth depended on livestock exports, on the other, continued state funding was...

There´s a consensus in the Uruguayan historiography about the important increase of the state intervention in economic and social issues during the long period of political dominance of Batllismo (1903-1933). However, the studies of this phenomenon have not discriminated sufficiently between...