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Weekly Report - 20 October 2011 (WR-11-42)
URUGUAY-ARGENTINA: Vázquez mooted war with Argentina
It seems inconceivable but Uruguay actually considered war scenarios with Argentina when the dispute over the construction of a pulp mill on its side of the shared River Uruguay reached fever-pitch in 2007. This remarkably candid confession by former president Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) on 11 October triggered a flurry of comment. Within two days of his remarks Vázquez had announced his retirement from public political activity on the grounds that he had inadvertently caused diplomatic tension. As it happens the real tension is within the ruling left-wing coalition Frente Amplio (FA).
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