Alberto Methol Ferré was introduced by then Archbishop of Buenos Aires and later pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Bergoglio adhered to his idea of "libertine atheism". He died in Montevideo in 2009. According to one author, he was an influence in the thought of Pope Francis. Alberto Methol Ferré Alberto René Methol Ferré (Montevideo, 31 March 1929 – 15 November 2009) was a Uruguayan thinker, writer, journalist, teacher, historian and theologian. He has been described as one of Latin America's most fertile and original thinkers. Alberto Methol Ferré was born in Montevideo in 1929. He first studied in the Liceo Francés de Montevideo and
Jorge Fondebrider Jorge Fondebrider Jorge Fondebrider (Buenos Aires, 1956) is an Argentinian poet, critic and translator. His published poetry books are "Elegías" (1983), "Imperio de la Luna" (1987), "Standards" (1993), "Los últimos tres años" (2006) and "La extraña trayectoria de la luz. Poemas reunidos 1983-2013" (2016). Also he was translated into English ("The Spaces Between", an anthology translated by Richard Gwyn - Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Wales, U.K., Cinnamon Press, 2013) and into Swedish ("De Tre Senaste Aren", translated by Martin Uggla - Malmö, Sweden, Siesta Förlag, 2015). He also published "La Buenos Aires ajena (2000), a history of the city