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He spoke truth to power, and legalized marijuana and abortion. So why are Uruguay's progressives so disappointed? 
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By legalising both gay marriage and abortion, and decriminalising cannabis, Uruguay has become a real-life social laboratory in Latin America over recent years. The architect of these reforms was President José Mujica, whose term ends in March 2015. The track record of this atypical head of state is controversial among voters, who will elect his successor on October 26th.
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By legalising both gay marriage and abortion, and decriminalising cannabis, Uruguay has become a real-life social laboratory in Latin America over recent years. The architect of these reforms was President José Mujica, whose term ends in March 2015. The track record of this atypical head of state is controversial among voters, who will elect his successor on October 26th.
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In her classic and monumental book that takes a state-centric approach, Theda Skocpol analyzes the three major revolutions (French, Russian and Chinese), their disintegration and post-revolutionary reconstruction. In “States and Social Revolutions” (Los estados y las revoluciones sociales, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1984), Skocpol puts under the microscope how revolutionary processes affected and modified institutions. For those of us steeped in Marx, she arrives at uncomfortable conclusions.
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Ella Hagen's curator insight,
April 28, 2014 11:12 AM
Uruguay was the first country to legalize marijuana production and distribution, creating a new source of cash flow for the Uruguay economy.
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Uruguayan President Asks World To Help Him Legalize Weed Huffington Post “There's an apparatus in the world that lives by repressing, and it costs a lot of money.” Himself famous for his austere lifestyle, Mujica said he didn't care for marijuana,...
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