He former president of the Republic, José Mujicawarned that with a country whose economy grows annually at 1% or 2% “it is not going anywhere,” and that the Uruguay should grow “at least 4% for several years” to better distribute its wealth.
When using the word Mujica admitted that although Uruguay It is the country with the lowest inequality of Latin America, this is not perfect, since it “grows in fits and starts” and “distributes poorly.” However, he pointed out that the solution does not lie in increasing taxes on those who have the most, but in growing the economy through investment to have more resources.
Along the same lines, he expressed his concern that the child poverty in the country “have a woman’s face,” and asked for “a feminism “Let him remember” the single mothers who are “submerged”, who should not be “helped out of pity”, but “out of convenience” as a society.
Mujica He stated that “the bulk of the gurises are born poor” and that it is “scientifically proven” that deprivation during the first three years of life has subsequent repercussions on the adulthood of human beings. “The Incas They already knew it, they reinforced the mothers’ rations with more fish,” he explained.
Likewise, he called on whoever is the next president of the Republic to “donate 40% of his salary” to have the “moral authority” to be able to demand solidarity from others, since in his government he himself donated up to 80% of the salary. salary, but the other officials “played dumb.”
“We must create a complementary industry with Brazil”
On the other hand, he pointed out that Uruguay Its industry should fold into the Brazilian one so that it is “complementary” to that of the South American giant, which “has scale” and “is called to be a power.”
For the former president, it is imperative to start looking at Brazilmain commercial partner of Uruguayas the strategic ally in industrial matters and abandon the pretense that the Mercosur seal a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU)which assured that “it will come out on the day of the goalkeeper.”
Finally, he warned about the fragility of some crops in the face of climate changes and the need for an irrigation policy at the national level, and about the dependence of the dairy industry on Brazil, for which new markets should be opened. “Yes to Conaprole They cut off the Brazilian market, they give it a blow,” he concluded in this regard.
Source: Ambito
