Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills
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#2Immediately searched for "moving to Uruguay" after reading this. The thought of a sane politician is so refreshing.
Re: Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills
#3Immediately searched for "moving to Uruguay" after reading this. The thought of a sane politician is so refreshing.
It's very beautiful, and people are extremely friendly and happy. I highly recommend a visit, if nothing else.
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#4Immediately searched for "moving to Uruguay" after reading this. The thought of a sane politician is so refreshing.
I don't know much about the guy, but I would recommend doing more extensive research on his and politics in Uruguay before thinking about moving there.
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#5Immediately searched for "moving to Uruguay" after reading this. The thought of a sane politician is so refreshing.
I had a similar thought.
AMURICA?
More like A Mujica? Am I right?
>1972 Imprisoned again. Remains in jail for more than a decade, including two years' solitary confinement at the bottom of a well, where he speaks to frogs and insects to maintain his sanity.
There's something amazing about politicians who spend decades in prison but still have the drive to go into politics afterwards (e.g. Mandela).
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#6Immediately searched for "moving to Uruguay" after reading this. The thought of a sane politician is so refreshing.
Move to Wyoming. I used to run into the governor and his daughter at Baskin Robbins, no security detail or entourage.
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#7Pope Francis has also rejected some of the traditional trappings of the Papacy (1):
For his unveiling as pope Wednesday to the throng in St. Peter's Square, he shunned a special fur-trimmed red half-cloak and golden cross in favor of plain white vestments and his usual iron cross. To go pray at a church in central Rome on Thursday, he hopped into a regular Vatican sedan, not the papal limousine. He prefers a simple miter to more elaborate, richly decorated headgear.
He reportedly has more simple living arrangements than his predecessor.(2)
Not as frugal or simple as Mujica, but a big shift from his predecessor, Benedict, who "loved the pomp and circumstance." (1)
1. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/15/world/la-fg-pope-tra...
2. http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/pope-of-the-people-pope-...
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#8Immediately searched for "moving to Uruguay" after reading this. The thought of a sane politician is so refreshing.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/conzpreti/reasons-why-you-need-to-mo...
Superficial lists aside, I lived in Uruguay for some months and I loved it. Uruguay and the uruguayans are great!
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#9I'm so god damn tired. First Gawker, then HuffPo, and now the Guardian.
"The President is so austere!". With his own money. This is who he is: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=ht...
"Weed!" That only the State can grow and sell (Smoking it was always legal, and buying/selling has always been and will continue to be illegal).
If you think Uruguay is a "liberal dreamboat", as one Gawker article said, then please, move in. We can even exchange citizenships. If misery is your thing, then by all means, do whatever country you live in a favor, and move to Uruguay. It's not like this continent can get any worse.
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#10And marijuana is legal. Uruguay is an adult in a room full of children.