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Uruguay the most prosperous country in Latinamerica says Legatum Institute
Uruguay is the highest positioned Latinamerican country in the 2010 list ranking the prosperity of 110 of the world’s nations by the London analytical centre Legatum Institute and its Legatum Prosperity Index. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesseriously, how many people live in Uruguay? how many people work for the government? how big is the private sector? how can the so called most prosperous nation in Latin America have such a big government that sucks the wealth out of it's private sector, that is almost non existed and for a big chuck in hands of foreigners?
Nov 04th, 2010 - 06:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If you do the study based on government numbers (what is the case)..you should know that it's for a huge part, nonsenses.
This is nonsense.
No Fido Dido.... You make Nosense.....
Nov 04th, 2010 - 06:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Think, I am one of the people here that make more sense than you, and I don't think that and neither do you. We both know that, I am one of the people here that makes more sense than you.
Nov 04th, 2010 - 07:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0hey fido what's with this anti-uruguay bias you've been espousing, you must be argentinean with that attitude, talk about a failed state... Oh and you make absolutely zero sense, go take some English courses or something before commenting on an English site...
Nov 04th, 2010 - 08:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Huh? Anti-uruguay bias, absolutely zero sense, I must be Argentinian?
Nov 04th, 2010 - 08:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please surf14, go surf in the real world, the ocean, take better English courses outside your country, because you, amigo, make simply no sense at all.
I guess nothing makes sense to you outside of your little bubble, or maybe you don't understand English, to remedy that I suggest referring to my earlier post. Oh and I don't think I need English courses, as you can see I speak the language perfectly, considering I was born and raised in the US. I guess the education system in your country (still betting on Argentina) has fallen off quite dramatically in recent years. Stop hating on Uruguay so much, it's a wonderful country that has much to offer.
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(6) Surf14
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Fido Dido is Dutch, from the Netherlands, orange, holandés........
He is not Argentinean...
Please botija, don't blame everything on us..... always! :-)))
sorry, I just get over-zealous sometimes when I have to defend Uruguay from ignorant people, it's the second anti-uruguay comment he's posted on this site so it seemed like he had an agenda. Or Maybe it's futbol related, although I don't know why he'd be upset about that, if anything the refs gave the Dutch a hand in that game...
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(8) Surf14
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Welll... Then yoy should read what he posts against Argentina :-)))
And... Yes.... Uruguay IS beautifull.....In their special way......
weird...why a european would have such a strong bias against a latin american state? And i've never heard a European complaining about big government, if you want small government come to the US, if you hate your comprehensive health care and generous vacation packages and like working like a slave, come to the US, you will be in heaven. I'll switch places with you anyday!
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0surf14, idiot, you make me laugh. Typing here about bubble heads, you're becoming “one” of the greatest bubble heads. Oh you're born in the US and now you think you're a sort of hot shot or something? Get real, you're a nobody who's parents are from Uruguay and can't stand when someone questions it's parents native nation. Your parents left it because they know what kind of country it is. It's not for them. Ahh, I enjoy those wannabe US citizens who have nothing to bash about but comes up with a fail tactic “ooh you're English is bad, you need more classes”. Surf14, you have nothing on me, because you are nobody and you don't read, you're a bubble head inside a big bubble, and you don't even realize that. That stupid you are and begin to show here. I can see you can type English ( or you're using Google translation), but I doubt you speak perfectly English. You're to stupid for that. You don't think you need more English courses, you know you do need more English classes, but won't admit that, it will hurt your pride. I did not type here and now that I hate Uruguay and neither typed it indirectly that I hate it. Again, You are a confused bubble head stuck in bubble with a label “I love Uruguay and don't dare to question it”. Uruguay is a wonderful nation, but it isn't a nation what Mercopress is trying to lay out in it's articles about Uruguay, talking about bias and reading comments from a biased Uruguayan lover. Fact is, it's a small territory, government workers earn more than the Uruguayan private sector that is based on farming, though most farmers are foreigners ( so who's prosperous, it shows the foreigners not Uruguay itself) , Uruguay isn't important at all, highly dependent on Brazil, and it's land are controlled by foreigners (Argentinians and for a big part Brazilians and Brazilian corporations).
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(10) Surf14
Nov 04th, 2010 - 09:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Look what you have done!!
You have made Fido angry!!
Heel Fido…..!! Heel…..!!
Sit…!!
:-)))
I guess I hit a nerve there, maybe someone should call the
Nov 04th, 2010 - 10:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0WAHHHH-ambulance for you! I mean if you're going to criticize my English you're barking up the wrong tree, you can make many arguments against me, however I don't think the English argument is one you're going to win though... I don't think i'm a hot shot at all, I admire Europe greatly and wish my country would emulate their vision of government, I am not a republican who believes in this american exceptionalism non-sense that america is special and deserves special treatment. Again you are barking up the wrong tree with that argument, I am no neo-con by any stretch... No one is saying it's a bigger economy than brazil or more important globally, the article merely states than when you take into account quality of life, it is possible to live a very refreshing life in Uruguay, and is a country with strong democratic principles in a very stable democracy. I know many Americans who have retired there, and they are very happy there...
No think, i'm not angry, but I think it's right, to make surf14 clear that he doesn't read and is an idiot bubble head. US citizens like him (born from Uruguayan parents) and truly believe he's a so called all american boy here, make me laugh. They always, and always come up with the motto “You don't understand English”, when they have no arguments at all that supports their claim to show how wrong that person is with who they are arguing. It's a classic trick, you find those people here when you read. People like him are in reality empty.
Nov 04th, 2010 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Funny list, the so called “Prosperity Index”, it makes me laugh when I see how high Iceland and the P.I.I.G.S nation are ranked. Nations that are literary struggling for their survival.
Nov 05th, 2010 - 02:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Mercopress erased the “down three positions” falsehood. Now the text doesn't say whether Argentina has gone up or down. That is, when they thought Argentina's situation had worsened, they reported it. Now that they know it has improved, they say nothing.
Nov 05th, 2010 - 08:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0Read into it what you will Think, maybe there's just a lot of negative things to say about Argentina eh?
Nov 05th, 2010 - 01:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I respect the results of this englih institution, surely it has serious and academic elements to determinate the prosperity of the countrys, however my question is, ¿ what results are more relevant?, ¿those that are published by an english institution?, ¿or those that are published by the u.n.?.
Nov 05th, 2010 - 08:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I rode today the last report of the u.n., regarding human development, and that institution places argentina as the second country with high human development from latin america, it's only after chile, wich is placed in the post number 45, and argentina 46, since many years ego my country joins the group of nations wich have high human development, with the highest salarys from latin america, anyway there is still a lot to do for our people, we are yet a an unequal society.
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