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Mujica wants to meet Pope Francis: social programs, housing and abortion in the agenda
Uruguay has formally requested Pope Francis to receive President Jose Mujica when he travels at the end of the month to China, Spain and Italy. Mujica is an agnostic and Uruguay is one of the few Latinamerican countries in which the Catholic Church has been separated from the State for almost a century. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWow! As Pepe approaches his finals is he hedging his bets with Pope Francis? Small problem though . Conversion means going to Confession!
May 06th, 2013 - 09:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Uruguayans who are sensible people- as opposed to Argentineans- should seriously consider the possibility of eliminating the position of President of their country.
May 06th, 2013 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Philippe
Yep Vasquez and Sendic. Both pragmatists who understand that politics is the art of the possible. I could go for that even though I am not Frente
May 06th, 2013 - 03:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Having an abortion only concerns one person: the woman having / not having an abortion.
May 06th, 2013 - 03:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The rest of us and ESPECIALLY the politicians and of course the deluded bastards in the RC Church should butt out.
@4, EXACTLY!!!I was in a conversation with people discussing the Abortion Law, and i was the only person who was in favour of keeping abortion legal. It honestly made me loss faith in my country.
May 07th, 2013 - 12:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0And on the subject of the Chinese and Argentina, Uruguay should go ahead with the proposals, regardless if Argentina wishes to comply or not. Uruguay should put its interest ahead of Argentinas. Uruguay should promote trade with the Falklands, The Northern Provinces of Argentina, and Patagonia, as that's where all the opportunity is. Uruguay should also leave Mercosur and join the likes of PA, or maybe make its own Alliance, Composed of Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico, and the Parts of Argentina i mentioned, as well as the Falklands. I want to join the likes of the Government, maybe even reaching president, but the way this is going i lose faith.
”Even when it is not official it is well known that Mujica wants someone from his MPP (Popular Participation Movement) in the ticket preferably his wife, Senator Lucia Topolansky or his protégé Raul Sendic”
May 08th, 2013 - 07:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Or what about a Topolansky-Sendic ticket? Funny, I didn't kno this but was suggesting Mujica's wife as a candidate on this forum a few weeks back =)
“Vazquez is launching a book with a wide spectrum of scientific and philosophical contributions rejecting point blank abortion”
I'm not as out and out pro-abortion as many on the British left these days, but wtf?! The great white hope of the left is actually saying women should have no choice at all, or recourse to it under any circumstances (including life threatening ones?) This and his invitation to Bush to send troops does not fill me with confidence in him - even if he's no Franco or Cartes!
#1 “Small problem though . Conversion means going to Confession!”
Ironically this atheist would have far less sins to confess than many a faithful Christian!
#2 And replace it with what? Chairman of the Presidium?! “Brother Leader”? King Pepe perhaps (not that he'd want the gig!) =) As headships of state go, surely a presidency is emminently sensible...
#3 So you like Sendic, even though he's in Pepe's wing of the Front, interesting. That seems like broad appeal to me =)
#4 You sound more ultra left than me on this! Or perhaps its just that some ultra leftists sometimes end up sounding like neoliberals like you on questions like this...
@6
May 08th, 2013 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It has NOTHING to do with politics.
Vasquez id welcome to his opinion but he should not meddle with abortion.
Only the woman can decide, THAT'S IT.
#7 I agree Vasque seems particularly reactionary on this, absurd actually...
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