The former president of the Republic stressed that this is “the largest of the century” and that it is necessary to “temperate” it from the Central Bank of Uruguay.
José Mujica once again referred to the exchange rate delay and its consequences.
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He former president of the Republic, José Mujicawarned that the exchange delaywhich he defined as “the greatest of the century” is “screwing” the country and that it is necessary to temper it through measures arranged from the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU).
In the framework of a visit to the García Lorca base committee of the Broad Front (FA) in Montevideo Last Saturday, the former president assured at a press conference that if he could “reduce by half” the exchange delay Dairy farmers and other national producers would achieve greater income.
“We have a exchange delay that is screwing us, the biggest of the century, I know that if that could be reduced by half exchange delay The dairy farmers would probably receive 2 cents more per liter of milk,” said the historic Frente Amplista leader.
Likewise, he highlighted that an exchange rate correction “has a lot to do” with the situation of the dairy farmers, as well as that of other small Uruguayan producers. “Those are the problems we have to get involved in, because we can fix that, we are not going to fix the world,” he pointed out.
“I know it’s difficult, but if we could lower half the exchange delaywhich according to the BCU is 16 points (percentage), which means that you are taking 16% off the entire labor economy that you export, if we could cut that in half, temper it, we would take a step,” said the possible candidate to legislator for the Popular Participation Movement (MPP) in the next 2024 elections.
“I know you can’t do magic, (but) those are the problems we have to discuss,” he concluded. Mujica in this regard after asking that the government “try to fight for our side.”
“22 years of negotiations, lower the ball a little,” said Mujica about the Mercosur-European Union agreement
On the other hand, in reference to potential free trade agreement between the Mercosur and the European Union (EU)which is virtually fallen due to the opposition of several member countries of the European political community, Mujica He was pessimistic again: “22 years of negotiations, stop, lower the ball a bit.”
“We have already started again to propose (agreements) with the Chinese, with the Europeans,” he indicated and added: “When the numbers are up, we will give our opinion.”
Source: Ambito
