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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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28 Oct 2004 03:51:22 PM |
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OT: Uruguay |
Red, white and new
http://www.economist.com/world/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3337095
Oct 28th 2004 | MONTEVIDEO
From The Economist print edition
Uruguay is set to break with 150 years of history by electing a
leftist president. But with a ragbag coalition behind him, what will
he deliver?
URUGUAYANS miss the past—and who can blame them? In 1950 the national
football team snatched the World Cup from Brazil and Uruguayans
considered their country the Switzerland of the Americas. But more
recent history has been cruel. Since 1998 the economy has been
pummelled by foot-and-mouth disease (which hit beef exports), the
economic implosion of neighbouring Argentina, the collapse of the
biggest banks and a massive devaluation. The economy has shrunk by
15%. In the past decade perhaps 120,000 Uruguayans, most of them
young, have left the country; of the 3.4m who remain, around 30% are
living in poverty. Uruguay is still better off than most of Latin
America, but it is no longer much like Switzerland.
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