Mercosur has been 'a good deal' for Uruguay, 'it could have been better'

Wednesday, March 19th 2014 - 07:07 UTC

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President Jose Mujica said that Mercosur even with all its problems “has been a good deal” although it “could have been better”, and it is imperative that the group signs trade agreements with Europe and China, which has become the main trade partner of the region. Read full article

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ynsere
Wonderful! Our president acknowledges that Mercosur “could have been better”.
It's been a disaster, and we should have left it years ago.
Mar 19th, 2014 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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bushpilot
“I believe the only path possible is respect and abidance with the constitution”, which is more significant than whether the country is heading for some kind of authoritarian regime.

Without abidance of the constitution, there is no democracy, there is no possible dialogue.

Very good!!!

What about when Maduro was the interim president there after Chavez died. That wasn't consistent with their constitution either.

What about in Paraguay? Didn't that government remove their leader constitutionally and Mujica and the rest of Mercosur decried it.

If an authoritarian regime throws out the consitution, “it's too bad, it was just a necessity of politics”.

If an authoritarian regime is being protested against, “we must abide by the constitution”.

Even in the U.S., with a little spin, it's constitution is put to the side.

I agree, a constitution has to be respected, but always.
Mar 19th, 2014 - 07:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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