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Weekly Report - 14 July 2011 (WR-11-28)
Ruling FA succumbs to stresses and strains
President José Mujica fired his social development minister, Ana Vignoli, this week in the midst of serious internal tension within the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, pitting radicals against moderates. Vignoli hails from the Partido Comunista Uruguayo (PCU), which is stepping up its attacks on the government’s economic policy. The PCU dominates the country’s main trade union, Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores-Convención Nacional de Trabajadores (PIT-CNT), which is threatening to stage a strike later this month over the government’s approval of a key “neoliberal” public-private participation law to help overhaul the country’s creaking infrastructure.
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