Uruguay ready to receive Guantanamo prisoners and displaced Syrian children

Wednesday, June 4th 2014 - 09:14 UTC

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Uruguayan government negotiations with Washington to receive detainees from the US jail in Guantanamo base, and with the UN to host Syrian children and their families are well advanced, revealed Foreign minister Luis Almagro. Read full article

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Claire Riel
fantastic news. The children don't deserve that misery.
Jun 04th, 2014 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Wow. “These events are a historic continuity for Uruguay which since the XIX century has always been open to refugees from all over the world”. One might have thought that, after more than a hundred years of being open to refugees, Urineguay might have figured out how to do it. Message to the Syrians. “Just hang on. Urineguay says about two weeks. But, under its breath, it said 'Manana'. Call it two months. Maybe. If argieland doesn't object, because the Iranians have told it to, because the Russians have said so, because Assad has asked”. Complicated, innit?
Jun 04th, 2014 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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4wentways
Probably a good thing. When they start pissing about (and they will) they can't hide behind the civilised country's laws. South American countries seem to choose what laws to obey and they hopefully won't take any shit from them. IMO
Jun 04th, 2014 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
They may well use Uruguay as a base to operate from,
Have not others freed from this prison been found in places like Syria Iraq etc,

Taking them in, may be one act of kindness that suits some,
But may well be a terrorists paradise for others…

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Jun 04th, 2014 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DaveVK
Maybe that's the idea. Stay in a Latin poverty stricken shit hole full of religious freaks or go to a war torn poverty stricken shit hole full of religious freaks? No brainer...Syria every time!
Jun 04th, 2014 - 10:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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