Uruguay is the Economist's Country of the Year
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Uruguay is the Economist's Country of the Year
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#2About cannabis regulation: "This is a change so obviously sensible ... that no other country has made it."
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#3I really hope other countries take note of this approach to tackling the drugs issue.
Luis Suárez has really pulled this one out of the bag.
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#4I really hope other countries take note of this approach to tackling the drugs issue. Luis Suárez has really pulled this one out of the bag.
I think Edinson Cavani gave him a hand on that one ;)
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#5I'm from uruguay, and i don't really see this as a good thing. And don't }ook at our president Mujica as a great leader, he killed douzens during his youth.
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#6About cannabis regulation: "This is a change so obviously sensible ... that no other country has made it."
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but.. The Netherlands? I thought it was regulated there (although I'd have to check on what the state is these days).
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#7Uruguayan here, be prepared to face security issues, bad education quality and very high prices in general if considering moving here.
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#8About cannabis regulation: "This is a change so obviously sensible ... that no other country has made it."
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but.. The Netherlands? I thought it was regulated there (although I'd have to check on what the state is these days).
No, it's still illegal
But if I understand correctly, it's 'tolerated' meaning, they won't bother enforcing the prohibition
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#9I'm from uruguay, and i don't really see this as a good thing. And don't }ook at our president Mujica as a great leader, he killed douzens during his youth.
You just proved the power of good PR and the most ppl forget the past very quickly.
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#10I'm from uruguay, and i don't really see this as a good thing. And don't }ook at our president Mujica as a great leader, he killed douzens during his youth.
You can say that about all of the current leaders of Latin America, whether they're from the left of the right (they were most likely either complicit or participated with the guerrillas, or they supported one of the many military governments).
But really, if you think about it most Western first-world leaders have most likely supported some form of unjustified military invasion or covert op designed to support their economic interests. That is not necessarily any better; hell I might prefer the people who got down and dirty to defend their ideals, however wrong they were, rather than the suits who signed the orders while they sat back and let soldiers kill for far less worthy causes.