Uruguayan president caught on the wrong foot forced to sack six generals and minister of Defense

Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

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Uruguay’s president has been involved in an embarrassing incident which forced him on Monday to remove the commander in chief of the army, the Defense Chief of Staff and four other generals for allegedly covering up that a retired member of the military committed a crime during the 1973-1985 dictatorship. Read full article

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DemonTree
Wow, what a mess. Perhaps President Vazquez should employ an intern to read his reports for him, since apparently none of the people whose job it is can be bothered to do it. I wonder who leaked the report to the media?
Apr 02nd, 2019 - 10:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Papa
It was there. Journalist Leonardo Haberkorn just revealed it from a public paper on Defense Ministry on El Observador (https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/gavazzo-admitio-que-arrojo-el-cuerpo-de-roberto-gomensoro-al-rio-negro-2019329181326)
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