O futebol nos Jogos Bolivarianos de 1938: Nacionalismo, relações internacionais e os discursos da imprensa

Resumen

This article analyzes the presence of football in the Bolivarian Games

of 1938, held in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. The six nations that participated

in the event had in common the role of Simón Bolívar as a symbol

of national liberation within their national identity discourse. These are:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. Basing ourselves

on periodicals from the city of Bogotá and on the football competition that

was part of this event, we analyze how the Games exacerbated issues related

to nationalism and also the construction of an international image of the

idea of a Colombian nation.