A core base, mostly of Black Uruguayans, was created by the editors of Nuestra Raza in very little time. The managers of the Nuestra Raza may have also represented for Afro-Uruguayans, the glorious culmination of the travails of 20th-century Black South Americans. The party was not to deviate from the tenets established hitherto by the philosophy of Nuestra Raza. However, when the elections came, a sizeable majority of Black Uruguayans played it safe, opting to go with either of the two traditional heavyweights: the Partido Nacional, the National Party, or the Colorado Party. These days, Uruguay’s Black people continue to navigate the turbulence on the journey to fairness and equality, and they could do with a formidable political organization wholly dedicated to their interests.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2020 15:07 UTC