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Mujica admits relation with Argentina is “at a standstill”: all depends on Cristina

Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 05:36 UTC
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President José Mujica admitted that Uruguay's relationship with Argentina is “at a standstill”, and suggested that improving relations was up to counterpart Cristina Fernández and her actions, since “I'm always open to dialogue”. Read full article

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  • Mr Ed

    'She loves me, she loves me not'. The more he is abused by her Ladyship, the less he seems to learn. But what would you expect from either of them? Water finds its own level, so these two deserve each other. A poor reflection on the Uruguayan political class that such a person becomes President, Uruguay's answer to Gordon Brown.

    Jan 03rd, 2014 - 07:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • nigelpwsmith

    Like a scorned puppy, he keeps trying to return to his mistress for approval, but she has other things on her mind, now that her only brain cell has been removed!

    It defeats me why such a useless president like Mujica continues to kow tow to that bitch, when all she does is treat Uruguay like a second rate Argentine province.

    I'm sure that a lot of her animosity comes from the many millions of Argentines who smuggle their hard won dollars out of Argentina to place them securely in Montevideo or Sao Paolo. Less money that she can bag for her retirement fund.

    Speaking of which, that can not be far off now. If there are power outages as well as rampant inflation, strikes of all sorts and massively increased fuel costs, then the catastrophic end is only a short distance away.

    Jan 03rd, 2014 - 09:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yasu

    Cristina acts as a dictator in many aspects, though the majority of Argentinians hate her now due to her failed very arbitrary economic policies. I belive thate she stifled its economy, causing extremely high inflation, unrest. She does not have any brain on economy (cabeza vacio sobre economia). Real estates and construction are major industry in Argentina, but due to shortage of US$, it is standstil:now foreigners will buy any realestates for many years to come, even if Argentina lifts the current restrictions, and she even has caused manufacturing investments: for example, even already established companies such as Toyota and John Deer encounter problems in bringing parts, and new startups such as Honda may wait until CFK and her faction go to cemetry.
    Also Argentina is very bureaucratic country and nobody knows all the details of laws and regulations. For example, AFIP (Tax Office) does not know the very complicated rules,one office sats this and another says that. In any event, Argentina is now a bankrupt underdeveloped country.

    Jan 03rd, 2014 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • HansNiesund

    Surely Pepe doesn't expect Argentina to allow Uruguayans to participate in a dialogue about Uruguay?

    Jan 03rd, 2014 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Zaphod102

    @2 “Speaking of which, that can not be far off now. If there are power outages as well as rampant inflation, strikes of all sorts and massively increased fuel costs, then the catastrophic end is only a short distance away”

    Indeed. There have also been stories about unusual activity around the Kirchner mauseleum. Is she collecting her money together ready to do a runner? We shall see...

    Jan 03rd, 2014 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @ 1 Mr Ed
    “Uruguay's answer to Gordon Brown”

    Or, as Jeremy Clarkson said, in an uncharacteristic glimpse of insight “The Cunt Brown”.

    Perhaps Pepe’s tongue no longer excites TMBOA.

    Jan 04th, 2014 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GFace

    @1 “She's passive agressive to me, She's passive agressive to me., She's passive agressive to me, She's....”

    Jan 04th, 2014 - 01:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • willi1

    I believe she forgot him. He had been stored in the part of the brain which was cut off after her crash. Sorry, Muchi!
    Take a joint and be happy not to be harassed by your best enemy.

    Jan 05th, 2014 - 05:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    Stevie is conspicuous by his absence on this topic, this does not fit with brotherly Latam love mantra at all. But as we all know, the truth must be avoided at all costs.

    Jan 06th, 2014 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    A friend of mine has sent me this and it applies to Pepe's version of Social Inclusion.
    Class war at its best.

    The folks who are getting the FREE STUFF don't like the folks who are paying for the FREE STUFF, because:-
    The folks who are paying for the FREE STUFF can no longer afford to pay for both the FREE STUFF and their own stuff.

    And the folks who are paying for the FREE STUFF want the FREE STUFF to stop.

    And the folks who are getting the FREE STUFF want even more FREE STUFF on top of the FREE STUFF they are already getting!

    Now... The people who are forcing the people who pay for the FREE STUFF have told the people who are RECEIVING the FREE STUFF that the people who are PAYING for the FREE STUFF are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

    So... The people who are GETTING the FREE STUFF have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the FREE STUFF by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their FREE STUFF and giving them the FREE STUFF in the first place.

    We have let the FREE STUFF giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting FREE STUFF than paying for the FREE STUFF.

    Now understand this.
    All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between200and 250 years after being founded.
    The reason?

    The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.

    The number of people now getting FREE STUFF outnumber the people paying for the FREE STUFF.

    Failure to change that spells the end of the (state here) as we know it.

    ELECTION 20XX IS COMING
    A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!
    Get rid of the wolves.

    Jan 06th, 2014 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • redp0ll

    Pepes interview with El Mercurio defending capitalism? Stevie wont like that
    On another comment re Argentina “hay que dialogar y ceder”
    Really its time for the droolling ward for this old man

    Jan 06th, 2014 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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