Just a few days ago, in our Eastern Republic of Uruguay, we had the pleasure of witnessing the arrival of Pope Leo XIV. The arrival of a pope to our shores was something that hadn't happened for decades, referring to the time when Pope John Paul II, hated by many and loved by others, set foot in our Uruguay.
It was an excellent opportunity for Uruguayans, inhabitants of a country where liberalism and Freemasonry have done a powerful job of undermining Catholicism as much as possible, to have an encounter with him. An opportunity for Uruguayans to draw closer to, and perhaps even reconcile with, Catholicism, the religion that gave the continent its place and identity on the world stage. That religion which, as Ramiro de Maetzu himself aptly expresses in his "Defense of Hispanicity," transcended mere military and political conquest, transforming the conquest of America into a spiritual one.
“There are the manuscripts of Father Vitoria. The issue that most concerned him was reconciling divine predestination with the merits of man. He could not believe that men, not even some men, were evil because Providence had predestined them to wickedness. Hope should shine upon all mortals. Father Vitoria made it shine upon all with his doctrine of grace. Some of his disciples and colleagues took it to the Council of Trent, where they made it prevail. In doing so, they saved man's belief in the efficacy of his will and his merits. And thus began the Counter-Reformation. Other disciples instilled it in the Council of the Indies, and it inspired the legislation of the lands of America, which transformed the conquest of the New World into an evangelical enterprise and the incorporation into Christianity of those races whom the Kings of Castile called 'our friends the Indians'.” (Ramiro de Maetzu. 1934. Defense of Hispanicity) page 9-10)
It is vital for national survival and renewal—which is what we at Resurgir Nacional aspire to, a new order—that Catholicism be assured its rightful place. And when we speak of Catholicism, we speak, among many other things, of selfless service to one's neighbor. Collaboration among members of the same nation, helping oneself within the community in which one is born and raised, is one of the values that this current capitalist system has undermined. In this market society, where the individual has been defined by the concept of mere consumerism, it is difficult to cultivate the ancestral sense of community, especially in a country like 21st-century Uruguay, where the left and the so-called right—without intending to enter into the debate of whether a real right exists in Uruguay, even more so today when people equate the right with less government and lower taxes—have been opposed to any nationalistic thought, and all nationalistic thought is inevitably accompanied by social thought.
It's difficult to understand how, from the perspective of conservative liberalism and the new right, one can hear speeches about defending the traditional family—even if it's now confused with the simple nuclear family—and the nation while simultaneously defending the capitalist system with blind fanaticism. This system, incidentally, has never been interested in defending and preserving the traditions of any people. Whether one is for or against capitalism, one cannot deny that its role in the dissolution of the traditional world was key. The bourgeois always was and always will be—because it never disappeared—a grotesque parody of the aristocrat.
Today, it seems at least too bold to go against this trend, even more so when the economic system is evolving towards the future trans-humanist consolidation, but it is precisely for this reason that we must more strongly reclaim the sense of community and our identity.
Reading Jacques Ploncard d’Assac’s “Doctrines of Nationalism” on Maurice Barrès, one can find the enduring relevance of this 20th-century French pioneer’s thinking. Indeed, without a social focus, without a firm grasp that no nationalism can flourish without recognizing the vital importance of the working class, there will never be a national resurgence. From a regional perspective, we see the same spirit in José Gervasio Artigas’s directives to seek the well-being of the most disadvantaged.
Obviously, the conditions are not the same as in the 19th or 20th centuries. The defense of private property is important—it always has been—and a system that crushes small and medium-sized national businesses while benefiting all foreign companies is intolerable to us. How many of our fellow citizens want to own their own businesses and prosper, but are thwarted by the treacherous system we have? How many of our fellow citizens feel betrayed in their own country, seeing how a business owner prefers to hire an immigrant because it's cheaper for their business? Capitalism knows no bounds, and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos knew this perfectly well. From our third perspective, we seek to reclaim a sense of community through community action. We understand that if a selfish and alienating mentality continues to prevail and the virtue of communitarianism is neglected, there is no possible future.
There's no need to start with large-scale organized action. The flourishing of a sense of community begins with the small act of helping in your neighborhood, collaborating in your local parish, hospital, school, and so on. At Resurgir Nacional, with our limited resources and the money contributed by our members, we are moving in this direction. It can begin with the smallest things; you can't have a garden if you don't learn to care for a plant first. It also begins, of course, with reconciliation among family members, because that is another issue to address, and a very important one at that. What political changes can be expected when the most basic fabric of society is broken? It is known that in Uruguay, 28% of children do not live with their parents, and this number continues to rise.
Returning to Pope Leo XIV, his recent statements on subordinating the economy to the human being are particularly relevant. We must put things back in their proper place, giving Caesar what is Caesar's, and God what is God's, and the economy's place is not above human beings.
—Juan Hernandorena. November 13, 2026. Montevideo, Uruguay.