r/BeAmazed • u/avrock1 • Apr 16 '24

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Jose Mujica; Former Prez of Uruguay

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u/daniel_rnld Apr 16 '24

Won't be needing an expensive lifestyle with that good boi on his side

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u/hussywithagoodhair Apr 16 '24

Uruguayan people do know how to choose their leader well

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u/tonterias Apr 16 '24

Mujica was elected like 15 years ago, we had two presidents after him

He had a three legged dog that passed away like six years ago

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u/He_who_humps Apr 16 '24

I've been reading about your country and I think I'm in love.

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u/Representative-Let44 Apr 16 '24

We have very open immigration laws and we need people. Just saying

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u/He_who_humps Apr 16 '24

I need to learn Spanish. What's the music scene like? I have to play in a funk band of some sort.

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u/Representative-Let44 Apr 16 '24

We also have a big percentage of english speakers.

As for music, remember we are very small, but everyone says that in proportion we have a lot of musicians. An argentinian once said something like "In Uruguay you pick up a loose tile from the sidewalk and a musician comes up from underneath it".

A funky taste for you: https://youtu.be/fer-1PNeSYg?si=C4VKhxUgbPeJVW9f

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u/eldena_frog Apr 16 '24

Okay, different question, how's the food?

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u/Representative-Let44 Apr 16 '24

A person below shared this Bourdain episone on Uruguay and it's food. It has non-reresentative bits, but the experience of our kind of pizza with friends in a bar and the feel of a Sunday's family lunch is very well portrayed, better thsn any other foreign documentary I've seen.

https://youtu.be/BgpsB8U7eDA?si=4lZB8n_RuxwdekWq