El Grito de Irreverencia del Gil Blas

• Published in: Revista de estudios sociales (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2011-01 (38), p.76-87
• Main Author: Vallejo M., Maryluz
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; spa
• Subjects: Censorship; Freedom Press; Independence Centenary; Muckraking Journalism; Political History; Satirical Press
• ISSN: 0123-885X; 1900-5180
• DOI: 10.7440/res38.2011.06

After the political rancor left by the XIX century country’s civil wars, especially by the One-Thousand-Days War, the “Reyista Press” was born. This press was President Rafael Reyes’s incense burner and an opposition instrument to the ‘Quinquenio regime’ characterized by a satiric, incendiary and polemic tone, which, at the same time, was the continuation of a rich tradition. Once the ‘Quinquenio regime’ was overthrown, three political forces gain momentum within the Liberal Press: The Republican Press–that supported the presidential nomination of journalist Carlos E. Restrepo–with Alfonso Villegas Restrepo, Eduardo and Enrique Santos Montejo, Enrique Olaya Herrera and the Cano family; the ‘Bloquista’ Press, lead by General Rafael Uribe Uribe; and the Opposite Press with Benjamín Palacio Uribe, founder of Gil Blas newspaper in 1910. Due to its investigative spirit, Gil Blas newspaper served as an inspiration for Colombian contemporary journalism of the Bicentennial. With this satirical poster, the saints of the Republican Press fell off their shelves in this so-called ‘Indigenous Athens.’ Después de los enconos políticos que dejaron las guerras civiles del siglo XIX, y particularmente la guerra de los Mil Días, surgió la prensa reyista –incensario del general Rafael Reyes–, y con ella, la de oposición al régimen del Quinquenio, de carácter incendiario, polemista y satírico, que continuaba con una rica tradición. Caído el régimen, cobraron fuerza tres corrientes de la prensa liberal: la republicana, para respaldar la candidatura presidencial del periodista Carlos E. Restrepo, con Alfonso Villegas Restrepo, Enrique Santos Montejo, Enrique Olaya Herrera y los Cano; la bloquista, liderada por el general Rafael Uribe Uribe; y la de oposición, con Benjamín Palacio Uribe, fundador del Gil Blas en 1910. Por su espíritu de denuncia, el Gil Blas sirve de inspiración al periodismo contemporáneo colombiano del Bicentenario. Con este “pasquín” se caen los santos del santoral de la prensa republicana en “La Atenas muisca”. Depois dos ressentimentos políticos deixados pelas guerras civis do século XIX, e particularmente a Guerra dos Mil Dias, surgiu a impressa reyista – em alusão ao general Rafael Reyes–, e com ela, a de oposição ao regime do Quinquênio, de caráter incendiário, polemista e satírico, que dava continuidade a uma valiosa tradição. Com a queda do regime, três correntes da imprensa liberal ganharam força: la republicana, para respaldar a candidatura presidenc