Published by CNN November 27, 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay (CNN) — Uruguayans electing a new president in Sunday’s runoff election will choose between a former guerrilla fighter jailed for 14 years and a politician who already has held the office. Jose Mujica, a former Marxist Tupamaro guerrilla who was the top vote-getter in the October 25 election, is being challenged by Luis Alberto Lacalle, who was president from 1990-1995. Neither candidate received more than 50...
October 26, 2009 Arthur Brice in Atlanta and journalist Dario Klein in Uruguay contributed to this report. CNN Montevideo, Uruguay (CNN) — A former guerrilla fighter jailed for 14 years and an ex-president were headed for a runoff for the presidency of Uruguay, after neither was expected to capture more than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election. Jose Mujica, a former Marxist Tupamaro guerrilla who was the top vote-getter Sunday, will be...
COHA recently received a very exhaustive response to the organization’s release on 12/16/08 of staff members Andrea Moretti’s and Alex Sanchez’s article “UNASUR – Death before Life? Disagreements over Leadership as National Agendas Divide South America, Dashing Argentina’s UNASUR Prospects.” from one of our Swedish readers, Mr. Johan Cederwall. In it, Mr. Cederwall points out the problems he had with COHA’s piece in a letter that painstakingly addresses each issue separately. We feel that...
• Uruguay vetoes former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner becoming UNASUR’s first permanent Secretary General • Peru sends mixed signals regarding its support for the Argentine candidate • Venezuela’s Chavez curiously shy about Secretary-General post • Mercosur and LAC Summits on December 15-17 in Brazil likely to be next potential site for diplomatic clashes between Montevideo and Buenos Aires over Kirchner’s candidacy • Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy, Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress… and what...
Pulp Mill Dispute Threatens to Do Grave Damage to MERCOSUR, Which Could Then Spread to Newly-Formed UNASUR • Surely this dispute must not be permitted to get out of control • The problem is that both sides can mobilize a strong case for themselves • Uruguay needs a strong economy, while Argentina deserves to protect its environment On October 23, Uruguay announced that it would block former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner’s ambition to become...
