Riverism

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Riverism is a right-wing liberal-conservative ideology and political movement, started by Uruguayan politician Pedro Manini Ríos and based on the figure of General Fructuoso Rivera, the first president of Uruguay.

Riverism was born in a context of opposition to the reformist policies promoted by José Batlle y Ordóñez, as an attempt to return to the "original" traditions of the Colorado Party and to counter an alleged socialist takeover of the organization.[1]

Riverism is a conservative ideology, close to classical liberalism and radically opposed to statism.[2]

The official riverist press media was the newspaper "La Mañana", which is still in activity.[1]

  1. ^ a b González, Marcia (2022). "Pedro Manini Ríos y la conformación de la derecha colorada riverista". In Broquetas, Magdalena; Caetano, Gerardo (eds.). Historia de los conservadores y las derechas en Uruguay: De la contrarrevolución a la Segunda Guerra Mundial (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Montevideo: Banda Oriental. pp. 146–159. ISBN 978-9974-1-1261-2.
  2. ^ Archiprete, Lucas (2017). "Banco Obrero del Uruguay". XVI Jornadas de Investigación: La excepcionalidad uruguaya en debate: ¿como el Uruguay no hay? (in Spanish). ISSN 2301-1734.