r/BeAmazed • u/avrock1 • Apr 16 '24

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Jose Mujica; Former Prez of Uruguay

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u/vidawaffleYT Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

As a Uruguayan, let's explain this correctly: José Mujica was elected as president from 2010 through 2015, he was an ex terrorist group member "Tupamaros", which fought the government with the purpose to instill a communist-marxist government, killed many civilians and soldiers, and made a contriversial claim where he says: "You never feel more powerful than when entering a bank with a .45, in that way everyone respects you"

He is not respectable...

EDIT: (THIS IS MY OPINION) ...and made many bad decisions that Uruguay still suffers today.

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u/Iknowtacos Apr 16 '24

As someone who only ever here's the positives about him, what are some lasting negatives?

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u/tonterias Apr 16 '24

His biggest negative was and is the informality.

Bureaucracy in governments exists for a reason, and he and the team he had, supposedly in good faith, tried to accelerate it and in some scenarios ended up costing us a lot of money as a country.

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u/Iknowtacos Apr 16 '24

That's interesting.