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Special Report - Uruguay: Mujica’s unfinished agenda (ISSN 17414474)
EDUCATION - Gearing up for new ‘national accord’
One of President José Mujica’s inaugural slogans was, ‘Education, education, education’. Just over two years into his term he was able to persuade all political parties to sign a ‘national accord’ on education reform. By late 2013, as electioneering was getting under way, the opposition candidates were calling for a ‘new’ accord on education — most of them saying that little had been achieved.
- Executive summary
- MINING: ARATIRÍ PROJECT - Promising huge investment falters and shrinks
- INDUSTRY: PULP MILLS - New ‘biggest investment’ & obstruction from Argentina
- INFRASTRUCTURE: PORTS - Deepwater project & battle for Montevideo
- SOCIAL & HEALTH: DRUGS - Placing cannabis production in the hands of the state
- ELECTRICITY - Ups & downs of reshaping the energy matrix
- OVERLAND TRANSPORT - Trying to redress years of neglecting rail and roads
- SECURITY - Homicides down, robberies with violence still rising
- EDUCATION - Gearing up for new ‘national accord’