Nuestra América

The pedagogical influence of an idea in the construction of an autonomous and internationalist Latin America

Abstract

This article emphasizes the relevance of the historical participation of the politician, journalist and revolutionary José Martí in the process of sociocultural emancipation of a HispanoAmerican identity and its influence on the Cuban Revolution. In addition, I analyze the documentary work Nuestra America (1891) and its pedagogical role as a historical source for the insertion of its foundations in the construction of a Latin American identity. Finally, a brief reflection on the importance of the classroom in building a collective and autonomous historical awareness that José Marti defends in his speech.