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ReRe

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1. Great article...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 05:51 AM

Sep 2014

... Judi Lynn! Read it all the through, right down to the field of chrysanthemums at the end. I've read about Mujica before, but this one was much more extensive. There are others ways of looking at the running of societies/countries. This country is so effed up, I just wish we could start over and not make the same mistakes the second time.

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How Uruguay's retiring President redefined his country's views on wealth [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP

Great article... ReRe Sep 2014 #1

This country was so desperate to keep Uruguay from becoming democratized it sent a torturer, Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #6

Looking forward to seeing the documentary... druidity33 Sep 2014 #2

Wonderful character! Such high marks for his work, as well. Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #5

Is that a book cover? druidity33 Sep 2014 #7

Yes, it's a cover of a book written about her. Here's a link to a description of it, in Spanish, Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #8

Will read later, but Uruguay is roody Sep 2014 #3

Well, maybe more so than Union City, or Uranus, or Uniontown, or Utah. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #4