Culturas políticas de esquerda na América Latina nos anos 1920 : revolução e libertação nacional em José Carlos Mariátegui, Haya de la Torre e Julio Antonio Mella

Abstract

This essay is a brief study on the revolutionary thought of José Carlos Mariátegui, Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre and Julio Antonio Mella. In the 1920s, these three Latin American intellectuals, basing their work, in varying degrees of influence, on Marxist thought, created theories focused on providing a greater sovereignty and development for Latin America. This focus was a response to the action of the local oligarchies, which followed the imperialist interests of the capitalist powers, especially the United States. However, they disagree concerning the creation of political alliances and in relation to the character of the intended revolution. This essay aims to compare and to analyse the theoretical formulations of these intellectuals.