Brecha is a Uruguayan

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History

Founded in 1985 by

Hugo Alfaro Hugo Alfaro (Tala, Uruguay, 20 February 1917 – Montevideo, 16 March 1996) was a Uruguayan journalist, intellectual and film critic. In his youth he contributed to the famous weekly newspaper ''Marcha''. Later, in 1985, he was the main founder o ...

and other journalists that had started their careers at

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under the influence of

Carlos Quijano Carlos Quijano (Montevideo, 21 March 1900 - Mexico, 10 June 1984) was a Uruguayan lawyer, politician, essayist and journalist. He is especially remembered as the founder of ''Marcha (newspaper), Marcha''. References

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. As Quijano had died in 1984 in exile, they decided to take a new name, and try to continue with the original idea: an independent leftist weekly newspaper. Together with '' Búsqueda'', it is considered one of the two most influential political weekly newspapers in

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References

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