The Instituto Nacional de Colonización in Uruguay (1943-1973): impulses and brakes
Between 1943 and 1973 there was an intense political debate on agrarian reform, which occupied a central place in Uruguayan politics. In this context, the Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC) was created, which managed to acquire a surface area of around 300,000 hectares, representing less than...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
2023
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| Sumario: | Between 1943 and 1973 there was an intense political debate on agrarian reform, which occupied a central place in Uruguayan politics. In this context, the Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC) was created, which managed to acquire a surface area of around 300,000 hectares, representing less than 2% of the area destined for agricultural production in the country. The article focuses on the institutional trajectory of the INC on public land policies in Uruguay. It is based on a series of official documentary sources and a review of the periodical press. The results allow us to distinguish three moments, both in land debates and in INC policy. The first moment goes from 1948 to 1958 under the leadership of the Batllista sector of the Colorado Party; the second moment presents the two governments of the National Party between 1959 and 1967 and the third moment focuses on the return of the Colorado Party between 1968 and 1973, but under the leadership of a conservative sector. Each moment established its priorities in the purchase of land, in the forms of concession and in the agrarian social actors that constituted its target population. |
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