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Majority of Uruguayans mistrust President Mujica; support stands at 39%
Mistrust towards Uruguayan president Jose Mujica has again peaked in August and now stands at 52% while those trusting him are 39% with the remaining 8% saying they don’t know or prefer to remain quiet, according to the latest public opinion poll released this week in Montevideo. Read full article
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Aug 30th, 2012 - 07:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sounds like the Uruguayan people have had enough of their presidents head stuck up Kirchners arse, think the Paraguayans are giving them ideas.
Aug 30th, 2012 - 08:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Viva the Latin spring against the worse type of socialism - dictatorship.
Aug 30th, 2012 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0Come on Uruguay, kick out this weak man who won't stand up for your country, especially against your aggressive neighbours.
Just let the system work as it should, no 'kicking out' of correctly elected representatives of any level in Uruguay. He will not be president that much longer.
Aug 30th, 2012 - 02:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We can leave that to others in South America.
Anyway, I agree (and recommended this on the Govt site) with pulling the plug on Pluna. It made perfect financial sense.
Why does a country of only 3M people, the vast majority of whom will never be able to afford a plane ticket, NEED a flag carrier?
His real problem as my friends tell me is his acquiescence to TMBOA. THAT is what will do for him.
@4 Chris couldnt agree with you more on all points. Binning PLUNA just before the July holidays was probably not a very astute political ploy. I dont like Pepe either but he was elected in fair elections so we have to wait for the next elections. If the Frente were united and popularity keeps dropping we may find Pepe retiring to his chacra on grounds of “ill health” Problem is his party is so divided and if that happened Astori who most of the real left wingers detest would then assume the presidency HMmmmmm
Aug 30th, 2012 - 05:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 05 Redpoll
Aug 30th, 2012 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Interesting take on things, but as always the real problems for us lie with our 'friends' to the south.
If Astori does get the Presidency, are things likely to get better in that respect?
Chris : yes our probs lie with “Cousins” inth esouth(and to a certain extent with our brasileiro friends too) As to Astori I think, though a socialist, he has a basic knowlege of economics and I think still acts as brake on some of the more crazy ideas of la Topolansky( Pepe´s brain???)
Aug 30th, 2012 - 09:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If this lot do get in again-hopenot- come back Tabaré Vasquez. At least he had the courage to stand up for our country aginst those porteño bullies
I'm surprised at this, whatever else one can say about Mujica I'd have thought a self evidently honest guy like him would have been highly trusted. As for the problems in the FA that seem to be dragging him down, I hope he keeps left and stops fighting with the right over internal stuff by simply no longer being “internal” to such people at all, he's better off without them
Aug 31st, 2012 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I dont think anybody doubts his honesty apart from some incidents which are hidden in the distant past. What I do doubt is his ability to run a country and get things done. Its all bla bla and no action. As for his foriegn policy, he is literally selling his country down the river
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