Mujica dressed with a Venezuelan Army jacket triggers a barrage of criticisms

Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

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A major controversy exploded in Uruguay when President Jose Mujica was pictured by international news agencies, during the CELAC meeting in Caracas, wearing a green jacket from the Venezuelan Army. Read full article

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xbarilox
the end of the world is in 2012, not yet.

http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/index.html
Dec 05th, 2011 - 08:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
so what?
lts just a jacket.
l'm British but in my scruffy university days l wore a coat from the Bundeswehr(with badges etc!). Very warm in the winter.
lf he had on full uniform, they might have a reason to complain.
Oh well,
Dec 05th, 2011 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
It's still unmistakably Mujica, so unless he has switched countries (not), he's still the President of Uruguay.
Dec 05th, 2011 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ManRod
Isolde, don't think it's quite the same... of course individuals can wear whatever they want (the Bundeswehr Jacket was very popular in the US too). But it's a difference if the higest representant of a nation does wear such a foreign symbol in public. Maybe the analogy would be the “no-go” of military personell to have opinions about politics.
Dec 05th, 2011 - 09:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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LuckyW
I think you should hire a professional English speaker as your translator. Your written English is not very good and sometimes it just plainly doesn't make sense.
Dec 05th, 2011 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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rylang23
The opposition desperately needs to make a fuss over nothing, as they do not have legitimate issues to attack Mujica with. He was cold. He was given a jacket. No symbolism. No problem.
Dec 05th, 2011 - 11:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
@4ManRod,
Yes l suppose you're right.
Somebody should have offered him another jacket.
Dec 06th, 2011 - 10:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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