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íQué dulce culpa la de habernos dado tanta felicidad en estos tiempos yermos, en este horror cotidiano de abrir el periódico y encontrarlo salpicado de sangre y de verg ̧enza, qué interregnos de alegría en este siniestro horizonte de máquinas de muerteî. Con estas palabras se refiere Cortázar a textos cuyo objeto es el de una crítica de artes plásticas, esbozada como el homenaje a quienes le han obligado a aceptar la libertad como único territorio habitable.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Los indígenas del Uruguay fueron perseguidos, debieron migrar, mestizarse y terminaron siendo exterminados; sus mujeres y niños fueron distribuidos entre las familias de la sociedad uruguaya, el resto fue ofrecido como mercadería a los capitanes de puerto, exhibido en circos humanos o enviado a prisión. Nuestro pasado indígena procura responder varios interrogantes: ¿Existe un legado charrúa? ¿Hay una herencia cultural indígena? ¿Cuántas etnias concentraban ese colectivo que nombramos charrúa? ¿Cuáles eran sus fronteras geográficas y culturales? ¿En qué circunstancias se...