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Uruguay says it accepted Venezuela in Mercosur as part of a major negotiation
The Uruguayan government said that it accepted the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur as part of a “negotiation” in which it demanded no economic sanctions on Paraguay and that is why “the last word has not been said” on the issue. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWhat he is really saying is:
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 09:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0“We relied on Paraguay to keep Chavez out of Mercosur and, when when BR & AR played the pawn gambit with PA, we were out-manoeuvred ... and so here we are trying to say we were not bullied into it by the big boys”.
Or, more succinctly “God help us all, now”.
Your CommentI don't see why Uruguay would have any interest in keeping Venezuela out, as he says they in fact had voted to OK its entry a long time ago. It seems Lugo himself has opposed sanctions (so agreeing with Uruguay) while welcoming Venezuela (so agreeing with Brazil and Argentina).
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This Pacific Alliance seems to be a completely ideological spoiler block, now Humala is in power in Peru he should leave and if Bachelet returns she could scuttle it for good
2@ Fortunately to the Peruvian people, Humala has taken the right way and he keep his country inside the Pacific Alliance where are only successful countries.....not as the Mercosur where the most are failed ones.....as Argentina next to a bankruptcy, Venezuela with an eternal corrupt president (dictator, really), Uruguay going down and Brazil the same.....
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 01:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BTW....please, wait until the Chilean people makes a decision about the liar Chanchelet....if she can get the runner up position inside the Concerta Clowns Alliance....
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Jul 03rd, 2012 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are you serious? successful countries?? Uruguay & Brasil going down??? The only part that is true on your statement (or I should say...opinion!), is that Argentina is Bankrupt...the rest is just BS.
flame on!
Argentina is the best country in the western hemisphere, period, when we add all possible quality of life factors.
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Highest per capita gdp in Latin America, one of the lowest levels of crime in the continent, no guerillas, no civil wars, no favelas/barriadas covering 50% of cities, free healthcare/universities, the most clement weather in the Americas: not too hot (Brazil, Central America), not too cold (Canada), not too violent (USA/Mexico tornadoes and hurricanes), safest place from natural disaters (no flash flooding like Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela; no devastating earthquakes like Chile, Peru, Mexico, USA)... best country for theater and motion pictures in Latin America, best country in the world for teenager television, one of the most succesful countries in team sports (football, basketball, rugby, field hockey, polo, volleyball, handball, pato). An economy that has grown for 10 years without a recession, the only country in the world where you can go from tropical jungle and the world's greatest waterfalls to ice fields and tundra by driving a car (and all landscapes in between), one of the world's great cities as capital, one of the world's greatest wine regions with one of the 8 great wine capitals, great music heritage, the only country in the Americas besides the USA who nearly tripled its land area with succesful conquest... no mass shootings on a daily basis in schools, work offices, no narco-wars, no military tanks going into favelas, no constant students riots, no maras or proffessional gangs like M13, no coups, no major racism, no major anti-semitism, no major anti-islamism, no extremists christans or muslims, full rights for gays, full rights for animals, women fully into government posts...
I've just had about enough of all the lies here about Argentina being the worst at everything. The fact all of you 24/7 non-stop try to spew this mendacity suggest very strongly that the OPPOSITE is true, and that this reality is caustic to your stomachs.
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Jul 03rd, 2012 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Great post, TTT, for once in your on-line life you've said your piece in simple terms that anyone can understand.
I do have my doubts about the crime rate in the BA conurbano, but otherwise you are spot on!!!!!!
@7
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 03:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You seem reasonable. Was I overplaying a bit? Yes. I'm not going to say if you ask me objectively we are the best country in the Americas. I actually don't think we are. There are many things I respect from countries like the USA, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, etc.
But I wasn't really lying in the things I said above. Of course, gdp per capita is not where it should be, there are too many Villas in a country of this wealth, and a devastating earthquake can hit Mendoza today. Narco trafficking is a growing issue, both as a country where drugs travel to other markets but sadly increasingly as a consumer of drugs like the wealthier nations.
And I do not agree with the economic policies of CFK from the last 8 months, and I would like for us to be isolationists in international politics.
I tell you these things to demonstrate I can be objective if the person on the other side is reasonable. But 99% of the anti-argies here are not reasonable and resort to EXTREME exaggeration and overstating of our problems, and as such one must respond with an equal opposite force.
No, TTT #7,
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you don't have to exaggerate because others do.
Stick to sound and clear argument,
have a little fun,
don't be hurtful,
know when people's arguments are silly and not worthy of refutation,
accept with thanks when others give you better arguments, and
be true to your beliefs and ideals.
Geoff.
@ 7 you are so nervous that you can't see you are # 7 hahaha
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