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Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)

URUGUAY: Mujica infused with radical spirit

President José Mujica is tacking to the Left. The first fleeting signs were discernible in Mujica's reaction to the failure of his ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition to push through congress a bill striking down the amnesty law which shields members of the military from prosecution for human rights abuses during the military dictatorship (1973-1985). The more radical left-wing factions of the FA were seething that one of their own refused to vote, scuppering the coalition's initiative to repeal the Ley de Caducidad. Mujica appeared to try and soothe them by proposing an additional tax on Uruguay's biggest landowners, putting him at loggerheads with the moderate members of the coalition, including his Vice-President Danilo Astori.

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