Joaquín García Monge, educator, writer and editor of the renowned Latin American journal Repertorio Americano, gave a speech at the Monumento Nacional (National Monument) as one of the activities organized to commemorate the centennial of the Central American Independence, on September 15, 1921.  The text of this discourse became an important reference for diverse social sectors, both from the political right and for the political left. The purpose of this article is to analyze the discourse thematically and those conditions that can explain its actuality during the late 20th Century and beginnings of the 21st.