Weekly Report - 05 September 2013 (WR-13-35)

“He is an idiot who, having riches, does not try to multiply those riches.” With these words Uruguay’s President José Mujica defended the government’s efforts to win congressional approval to allow open-pit mining in the country. Both the lower chamber and the senate, where the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) has a narrow majority, approved a bill outlining tax and environmental terms to mine the country’s largely untapped reserves this week.

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