El discurso del Partido Nacional uruguayo en las elecciones de 1925 y 1926

This article studies the National Uruguayan Party’s discourse during the 1925 and 1926 elections. In the first, Luis Alberto de Herrera, was victorious and became president of the National Council of Administration, the association’s executive branch. However, during the 1926 presidential elections he lost the first mandate by very few votes, which resulted in three months of arduous legal disputes between the Nationalists and the pro-government Colorado Party. The nationalist press was exhaustively studied and constitutes the primary source for this investigation. The press articles examined delve into the main topics that interested National Party leaders and voters. For example, the theoretical discussions about the party’s political platform, objectives, the role in the country’s life in antithesis with its adversaries, and debates within the party regarding the best way to face the elections. © (2022), (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile). All rights reserved.