Significance: Mujica's left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) government is becoming increasingly outspoken and eager to align itself behind Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez . Mujica's remarks come almost immediately after some controversial comments on the governments of Peru and Colombia from Uruguay's vice-foreign minister, Roberto Conde. Conde said that in his opinion the governments of Peru and Colombia represented a “regression for the region", characterising them as “militarist and fascistic" governments.
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