As is known from the 80s of last century wave of democratization swept Latin America. The various dictatorships that time concluded. In most cases because the military government left power in International convened a constituent assembly as in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Chile, or are returned to the previous constitution as happened in the Uruguay reestablished the presidential Cons.. titution of 1966. Mexico and Argentina also did the same. Instead Venezuela and Colombia, who suffered no coups kept their constitutions. However they would be modified. In the case of Venezuela when Chavez was elected President and the Colombian government's decision then. The change of the Colombian Constitution was exemplary because it was linked to the use of direct democracy with double effect. First, a referendum was held to ask the people whether he was in favor of a new constitution and, after the p...

In the present article we explain what humanism as an ideology consists of. After a general definition, we describe its various manifestations, from Christian humanism, which was its first expression, through the Marxist and existentialist, and concluding with the rationalist. Despite their different points of view, theoretical framework and historical moment in which these humanisms are born, we find in all of them a common denominator based on the recognition of human dignity. From our point of view, humanism is a revolutionary political-ideological alternative because it has contributed to the transformation of human beings and societies, but it is also characterized by being trans ideological, because its postulates are immersed in the majority of the ideologies that pursue the full liberation of people to achieve a society free from all forms of domination and thus consolidate a jus...