The ex-president Julio María Sanguinetti called for there to be “a Mercosur more open”, in line with the repeated request of Luis Lacalle Pou, while urging a “more effective” integration of the countries of Latin America.
The reference of Colorado Party He expressed himself like this in moments where the European Union froze the agreement between blocs at least until September, which was harshly questioned by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, who echoed the protests of his country’s farmers in recent weeks.
In dialogue with Efe, Sanguinetti proposed “a Mercosur more open and a more effective Latin American integration”, by questioning the current “disruption of such diverse political regimes and such opposing governments”.
For this reason, the former president called for Uruguay maintains at the international level with “its traditional values, such as International Law, peace and democracies”, considering that “the region is very bad”, using as examples Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
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On the other hand, Sanguinetti was consulted by the elections 2024 and anticipated that both the ruling party and the Wide Front “they compete on equal terms”, so he hopes that everything will be defined in the last few months.
For the PC leader, the government of Lacalle Pou “has the merit of great management” and highlighted that he overcame enormous challenges such as the pandemic, war and drought “without relevant social damage.”
On the other hand, he indicated that the Wide Front “it has the strength of a strong floor as a result of its structure,” but he assured that “it suffers from the lack of the great leadership it had at the time,” after the deaths of Danilo Astori and Tabaré Vázquez.
Meanwhile, he considered that the FA also has “the excessive weight of the PIT-CNT, a unionism that beyond its union role politically represents currents that in our opinion are not the best for the economic prosperity of the country.”
By venturing an outcome, Sanguinetti He clarified that “no one has won everything and no one has lost everything,” although he decided on his political space. “Personally, I am optimistic that the candidate of the Republican Coalition revalidate the mandate,” he said.
Source: Ambito
