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Weekly Report - 7 September 2004
URUGUAY: Left seen as likely to be 'serious capitalists'
Should the Encuentro Progresista-Frente Amplio (EP-FA) win the elections, it will practise 'a more serious brand of capitalism than the present government'. Though this sounds much like the criticism coming from the left of the EP-FA, it actually came from the other end of the political spectrum, and was meant as praise.
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- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
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