''El Defensor del Obrero'' ('The Defender of the Worker') was a newspaper published in

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. The newspaper carried the byline "The first scientific socialist periodical in Montevideo". ''El Defensor del Obrero'' was published between August 25, 1895 and February 2, 1896. The editors of the newspaper included José Capalán (president of the Marble Workers Union) and Muvo Luzzoni.Alexander, Robert Jackson, and Eldon M. Parker.
A History of Organized Labor in Uruguay and Paraguay
'. Westport, Conn. .a. Praeger, 2005. p. 11

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