Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (born 1943 in Uruguay) is a Uruguayan academic and critic.

[1] In his youth he was a disciple of Ángel Rama and a contributor to the weekly Marcha.

Later he was professor of Latin American Literature at the Universidad Veracruzana and Stanford University.

[2] He is considered an expert in Latin American cinema and has participated as a jury in several international festivals.

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