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Luis Lacalle Pou

A few days ago I listened to journalist Alfredo Leuco interviewing the current President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou. I must admit I felt envious. Very much so. What a politician! What a leader! What a patriot! He sounds and looks sincere, honest, straightforward, someone who doesn’t conceal or hide Seguir leyendo

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100 days of lockdown

I think none of us ever dreamt of living 100 days locked up in our houses.  Although we might have thought quite often: “I wish I had more free time”; “If only I could stay at home doing nothing”; “I’d love to spend more time with my partner/children/parents/pets/plants”; “There are so Seguir leyendo

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Stop scolding us, please

As an adult citizen, I don’t like being “scolded”, as if I were a child who has misbehaved.  Former President Cristina Kirchner was quite fond of that procedure. She enjoyed telling us off. When I say “us”, I obviously mean the ones who hadn’t voted for her. And now Alberto, the Seguir leyendo

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Survival stories

These lockdown days, I find it soothing and uplifting to read real stories about survival. The one I remember best is the so called  «Andes Flight Disaster”, October 1972, when a chartered flight from Montevideo bound to Chile, crashed against a glacier. Among the passengers, there were 19 members of Seguir leyendo

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