Mujica strongly lobbies for Venezuela’s full incorporation to Mercosur

Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:58 UTC

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Uruguayan president Jose Mujica strongly supported the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur from a Sunday column published in one of Brazil’s most influential newspapers, Folha de Sao Paulo. Read full article

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GeoffWard
I guess the idea is better to make the pact with 'the devil' rather than have the mad dog running loose.

Or - looking at the photograph - better to hang together than to hang separately.

Mujica says : “we must not confuse a country with a regime, governments have their time, but countries remain”.
Good thinking, Mercosur can address the issue at the appropriate time - when the regime changes.
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Martin_Fierro
I see Geoff... you have a personal thing against Chavez

Are you from the US?
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GeoffWard
No, Martin, he may be a very nice man to his children and wife.

He is, however, a very toxic influence on trade matters; and the evidence is truely abundant.

I want him nowhere near my country's economy or those of the other Mercosur countries.

Equally, because he is ideologically at the far end of the political spectrum on most matters of international affairs, I want him nowhere near the seats of power in Unasur.

The President of Paraguay is of this opinion, and now - I am pleased to see - the President of Uruguay is defining potential links with the country and not the regime.

Once the regime is gone we in Mercosur can consider expansion, but we would be stupid to do this before regime-change.
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