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The United States, South America, and Uruguay

11/11/08 06:00

South America has long been the experimentation laboratory of neoliberalist economic policies concocted by the United States, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. These economic policies have long been disdained by South American leaders, but most of them were left without any choice. Now that this particular system is failing in the US, South American leaders are rejoicing--and trying to undo these policies beset in their own countries.

One country has done that years back, though, and that is in the form of Uruguay.

Link: Foreign Policy In Focus | Postcard from...Montevideo

Tags: economy • south america • uruguay • neoliberalist •
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