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162 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 3h \ on: The left won in Uruguay Politics_And_Law
Politics are pretty irrelevant in Uruguay compared to other countries around the world.
Optics matter sure, but put the trigger-happy quotes aside, both ‘sides’ actually can sit in the same room without squabbling and move things forward.
Expecting very much a continuation and a stronger peso versus dollar and western countries in coming years. And probably a few more less-pretty tax policies.
Fiat and politics everywhere are on a slow burn to irrelevance. Everyone knows this already here though, right?
Think what we’re witnessing here and globally is people sick of the existing establishment and swinging like a pendulum side to side.
Uruguay is not going to change into Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Gorgonzola, or Cuba. Not for a good 25 years at least. History shows that once the rest of the world sorts itself out, it is then and only then that the country has a habit of electing some benevolent dictator. Not happening any time soon.
P.S. Uruguay is getting better each day that passes for me personally. Ignore the headlines and come check it out if you’re still interested. This time of year it’s a real treat.
I hope you are right in everything you say, Latin America has the habit of repeating patterns regarding the left. Uruguay also went through a bad period years ago. Generally people are confident and say "that will not happen here" and when they least expect it they are standing in line for 10 hours to buy 1 kilo of rice.
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