Bicentenarios : integración plurinacional y crítica del etnocentrismo nacionalista

Abstract

The nationalist ethnocentrism of criollo oligarchies, along with their corresponding ideologies, battled the inclusion of the ancient multiethnic components of the peoples and cultures that had survived colonial exploitation, thus coining the re-founding myth that this America be considered “Latin”. On the other hand, critical theory and the practical overcoming of nationalist ethnocentrisms are the foundation of the multi-national, democratic integration to be developed during the 21st century. This is how the unitary political utopia of Simón Bolívar regains validity, as he envisioned the future constitution of “a single nation of republics” in Our America.