Revolución y sindicatos

This article analyzes the genesis of the institutionalization process of the labor movement in Paraguay during the period spanning the post-Chaco War years and the February Revolution of 1936. Drawing on a socio-historical approach, it examines how the Paraguayan state shifted from repressive practices to formal mechanisms for regulating labor conflict, exemplified by the creation of the National Labor Department (1936). The study demonstrates that this institutionalization combined forms of union recognition with strategies of cooptation and control, giving rise to an incipient model of state-monitored unionism. It argues that, within a revolutionary context, this process marked a foundational moment in the configuration of the country’s labor policy, with enduring tensions between inclusion and exclusion, autonomy and subordination. The article contributes to the understanding of the interrelations between war, state, and labor in Latin America, offering a critical reading of how state apparatuses sought to domesticate social conflict

Autonomy · Institutionalisation · Latin Americans · Spanish Civil War · Trade union · Argentine historical studies · History and International Relations · Indigenous Studies in Latin America