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Brutal honesty of President of Uruguay surprising Rio +20 summit speech
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A Googlish translation of the President of Uraguay's speech at the Rio UN summit. Brutal honesty of President of Uruguay surprising Rio +20 summit speechThursday June 21, 2012 | 19:25
Posted by Christian Leal · [B]94493 views[/B]
[B][B]The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, is gaining popularity worldwide due not only to its proverbial humility, but also the honesty with which addresses issues that other politicians evade or complicated.[/B][/B]
[B]This was highlighted during his speech Wednesday at the Rio +20 Summit, which takes place in Brazil with representatives of 139 countries under the auspices of the UN, where the Uruguayan president again reap the applause of his audience.[/B]
[B]But he did not propose plans or making promises, but launching such fundamental questions about the current state of humanity that could be too innocent. What do we seek? Are we really happy? Are we govern our inventions or let them rule us us?[/B]
[B]"What would happen to this planet if the Hindus had the same ratio of cars per family with the Germans?How we would have to breathe oxygen? Is it possible to speak of solidarity and that we are all together in an economy based on ruthless competition? How far does our fraternity? "Were some of the questions left to the conscience of the world.
http://www.biobiochile.cl/2012/06/21/bru...io20.shtml
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Brutal honesty of President of Uruguay surprising Rio +20 summit speech - by Magda Hassan - 23-06-2012, 02:48 PM

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