''Marcha'' was an influential Uruguayan weekly newspaper.

History

The first issue was published in

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on 23 June, 1939. Founder and editor was

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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, with

Juan Carlos Onetti Juan Carlos Onetti Borges (July 1, 1909 – May 30, 1994) was a Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories. Early life Onetti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was the son of Carlos Onetti, a customs official, and Honoria Borges, who b ...

as deputy editor. Its motto was "Navigare necesse vivere non necesse". The orientation of this weekly newspaper was independent leftist, and it was very influential in Uruguay and all Latin America. Many notable journalists and intellectuals wrote on its pages:

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, Amílcar Castro, Juan Pedro Zeballos, Julio Castro, Sarandy Cabrera,

Alfredo Mario Ferreiro Alfredo Mario Ferreiro (1 March 1899 – 24 June 1959) was a Uruguayan writer and poet. He contributed to the weekly Uruguayan newspaper ''Marcha Marcha (born Margaretha Hendrika Maria Groeneveld on 2 July 1956), also known as Marga Bult, i ...

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 ...

Homero Alsina Thevenet Homero Alsina Thevenet (6 August 1922 – 1 December 2005) was a Uruguayan journalist and film critic. Biography He began his career as a film critic at the age of 15 in the Uruguayan magazine ''Cine Radio Actualidad'' by René Arturo Despouey, ...

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Manuel Flores Mora Manuel Flores Mora (1923–1984) was a Uruguayan journalist and politician representing the Colorado Party. Background and early career A direct descendant of 19th century President Venancio Flores, Flores worked in his youth for a range of news ...

Carlos Real de Azúa Carlos Real de Azúa (March 15, 1916 – July 16, 1977) was a Uruguayan lawyer, professor, essayist, sociologist and historian. Biography Real de Azúa Real was born into an old Uruguayan family, the first Real de Azúa having arrived at the Rí ...

Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...

, Álvaro Castillo,

Eduardo Galeano Eduardo Hughes Galeano (; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters" and "a literary giant of the Latin American left". Galean ...

Ángel Rama Ángel A. Rama (; April 30, 1926November 27, 1983) was a Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic, known for his work on ''modernismo'' and for his theorization of the concept of "transculturation." Biography Born in Montevideo to Galici ...

Alfredo Zitarrosa Alfredo Zitarrosa (March 10, 1936 – January 17, 1989) was a Uruguayan singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. He specialized in Uruguayan and Argentinean folk genres such as zamba and milonga, and he became a chief figure in the ''nueva canci� ...

, Rubén Enrique Romano, María Esther Gilio,

Gerardo Fernández Gerardo Luis Fernández (born March 29, 1977) is a former road racing cyclist from Argentina, who was a professional from 2003. Major achievements ;2005 : 1st, Trophée Joaquim Agostinho ;2007 : 1st, Stage 3, Tour de l'État de Sao Paulo : ...

Salvador Bécquer Puig Salvador Bécquer Puig (1939–2009) was a Uruguayan poet and journalist. Biography He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on January 9, 1939. Between 1967 and 1968, he worked as a literary critic for the famous weekly newspaper ''Marcha (newspaper) ...

Hiber Conteris Hiber Conteris (Paysandú, 23 September 1933 – 2 June 2020) was a Uruguayan writer, playwright, and literary critic. He wrote extensively in the pages of ''Marcha Marcha (born Margaretha Hendrika Maria Groeneveld on 2 July 1956), also known a ...

Guillermo Chifflet Guillermo Chifflet (1926 – 26 April 2020) was an Uruguayan journalist and politician who served as a Deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a l ...

, etc. There were also two sister publication: the monthly ''

Cuadernos de Marcha ''Marcha'' was an influential Uruguayan weekly newspaper. History The first issue was published in Montevideo on 23 June, 1939. Founder and editor was Carlos Quijano, with Juan Carlos Onetti as deputy editor. Its motto was "Navigare necesse viver ...

'', and the collection ''

Biblioteca de Marcha ''Marcha'' was an influential Uruguayan weekly newspaper. History The first issue was published in Montevideo on 23 June, 1939. Founder and editor was Carlos Quijano, with Juan Carlos Onetti as deputy editor. Its motto was "Navigare necesse viver ...

''. In 1973 it denounced the Uruguayan coup d'état. A year later it was closed down by the dictatorship, and Carlos Quijano had to go to Mexico in exile. In 1985, months after the dictatorship was over, the old group of ''Marcha'' met and decided to open a new weekly newspaper. As they considered impossible to edit that same old publication without Quijano (who had died a year earlier in exile), they decided that it could not be named ''Marcha''; this was the birth of '' Brecha'', which is still published today.

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