The Uruguayan tradition of political and economic stabilityalways very noticeable in comparison with its neighbors in the region, was the central theme analyzed in two articles just over a month apart.
The last of them, from last week, was an opinion column by the renowned journalist Janan Ganesh highlighted to Uruguay as the heir country of the place left empty by European nations as paradigms of welfare states.
In his column, he proposed the country as the current model, after the case of Sweden and the fiasco of Germanycelebrating a middle class comprehensive and long-standing welfare state.
However, in early January, the Astesian case –the spy network led by the former presidential custodian Alexander Astesiano– questioned the image of a model country that Ganesh highlighted in his article.
Long before it was known that the former head of the president’s security Luis Lacalle Pou spied on union leaders, teachers and even high school students, the Financial Times warned that the scandal could affect reputation stable nation that Uruguay has worldwide.
The article questioned whether the political class had been distracted by events of corruption that now turn against him and about the impact that this would have for a country that is usually seen, internally and externally, as a model of solid democracy.
Source: Ambito
