The Revista de avance had a section entitled “Guidelines,” which included short informative articles or comments on matters or events related to the focus of the journal. In this section, the editors informed the reader about changes, clarification, and comments on previous articles or matters of interest, in the form of brief articles. Of particular importance in this issue is an article responding to comments published by the writer/journalist from Guantanamo Regino E. Boti in the journal Orto. In discussing the article “La Muerte del Minorismo,” Los Cinco—the name used by the avance editors to sign their editorials—reaffirmed their relationship with the Grupo Minorista, in which they were active members. Boti had interpreted the independent, avant-garde, innovative spirit with which they launched the journal as a break with Minorism, or at least a signal of their desire to distance themselves from that movement. Presented with this observation, Los Cinco not only reaffirmed their link to the group, but pointed out the alignment of their principles and values with those of that group.
Alfonso Rosado Ávila was a noteworthy Mexican journalist. He founded several publications, including Diario del Aire, the first newspaper designed to be read on the radio. As a critic and writer of essays, in 1922 he contributed to the formation of the National Press Writers Union and the Bloque de Obreros Intelectuales de México [a collective publisher that identified itself as a Union].
Federico García Sanchiz was a Spanish writer and orator who traveled worldwide, giving talks and documenting his experiences in the form of essays and critical prose.
[For further reading, see in the ICAA digital archive other “Directrices” published on: March 30, 1927 (doc. no. 1298727); April 15, 1927 (doc. no. 1298763); April 30, 1927 (doc. no. 1299725); May 15, 1927 (doc. no. 1299773); May 30, 1927 doc. no. 1299841; August 15, 1927 (doc. no. 1299913); August 30, 1927 (doc. no. 1299981); September 15, 1927 (doc. no. 1300019); and September 30, 1927 (doc. no. 1300074)].