Current words, urgent thoughts. Resumen. El presente texto es una reflexion que parte de una re-lectura sentida y pensada a partir del discurso del escritor Gabriel Garcia Marquez, al momento de recibir el premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. Al considerar todavia vigentes, pertinentes y urgentes las palabras esenciales de este discurso, lo que se pretende es actualizar su sentido y traer a la escena academica puntos nodales de la discusion que desde aqui se entabla para con nosotros mismos. Palabras clave: America Latina, Occidente, modernidad, utopia, soledad, cultura, politica, pueblos, autodeterminacion, dependencia. Abstract. This text is a reflection of a heartfelt and thought re-reading through the discourse of the writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, when he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. By considering the key words of this speech still current, relevant and urgent; the aim is to update its meaning and bring to the academic scene the nodal points of the discussion established here with us. Keywords: Latin America, West, modernity, utopian, loneliness, culture, politics, people, self-determination, dependency.