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Brazil & Southern Cone - March 2015 (ISSN 1741-4431)
Uruguay’s Vázquez plunged straight into polemic
The return to power of Tabaré Vázquez for a second term and a third straight term for Uruguay’s ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition could not have been much more eventful. After the pomp and circumstance surrounding his investiture on 1 March, Vázquez promised to get right down to business with a sweeping education reform, a public security improvement and an overhaul of the country’s deficient infrastructure. But it is in the sphere of foreign policy that the most eye-catching and immediate changes have been on display, leading to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela just days after the new government came in.
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