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 Mario García Laguardia Jorge Mario García Laguardia Dr Jorge Mario García Laguardia is a Guatemalan jurist. He has been a tenured lecturer at several Guatemalan and foreign universities, including the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala City, where he founded the School of Political Science, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and he has served the Guatemalan state in several juridical capacities. García Laguardia's academic work has focussed on three main areas: the history of public law, Latin American integration (particularly that of Central America), and constitutional law. He spent a number of years in exile during Guatemala's Civil War, lecturing and