Uruguay is ranked first in Latin America in: Democracy Peace Low perception of corruption e-government Press freedom Size of the middle class Prosperity. Absence of terrorism Economic freedom Income equality Per-capita income Inflows of FDI.
Uruguay is the third-best country on the continent in terms of HDI, GDP growth, innovation and infrastructure. It is regarded as a high-income country (top group) by the UN.
Uruguay was also ranked the third-best in the world in e-Participation in 2014.
Nearly 95% of Uruguay's electricity comes from renewable energy, mostly hydroelectric facilities and wind parks.
The Economist named Uruguay "country of the year" in 2013, acknowledging the innovative policy of legalizing the production, sale and consumption of cannabis. Same-sex marriage and abortion are also legal, leading Uruguay to be regarded as one of the most liberal nations in the world, and one of the most socially developed, outstanding regionally, and ranking highly on global measures of personal rights, tolerance, and inclusion issues.
Nope. Because Mujica fucked their economy for years
Landon Watson
>the innovative policy of legalizing the production, sale and consumption of cannabis. Same-sex marriage and abortion are also legal, leading Uruguay to be regarded as one of the most liberal nations in the world, and one of the most socially developed >the hope of Latin America what did he mean by this
The Southern Cone should just unite already and start attracting European people again
Joseph Myers
>Paraguay lower than Dominican Republic lolwhut >I don't know where to rank Venezuela and Cuba Venezuela between Nicaragua and Haiti, Cuba between Paraguay and Bolivia (or somewhere around, but they're better than Central America for sure)
Carter Collins
>Uniting with Argentina ever Only if they accept being ruled from Santiago, can't trust their policies. Otherwise it'd be a nice experiment at least.
I mean when you lack education and the means to appreciate intelectual pleasures you'll turn to hedonism. This is why alcoholism and drug addiction is more common in lower classes.
You are a retard btw.
Logan Ortiz
Is Venezuela really that bad? They have some industry and infrastructure from better times.
miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article213372814.html >Venezuela's currency is worth so little that artisans are making purses out of it Maybe I'm being too pessimistic, but it'll take time before anyone dares to invest in a country like Venezuela post-crisis, unless said investors are from China.
Zachary Nelson
the region is full of "darkies" already
Dylan Sullivan
Wow OP it's almost like it's a 3 million people rancho where nothing happens.
Easton Rodriguez
rancho where nothing happens = stability
Zachary Gray
>some industry they're dead Dave. everybody's dead Maduro fucked what Chavez didn't destroy for example, the national beer factory was closed and never opened again they depend exclusively on what they can import now, and to make things worse, now the party militias are demanding the prices of imported things to remain low or else the shop owners get shot
Isaac Flores
Yeah OP, a 3 million country is far easier to manage than a 120+ million country. Who'd have thought?
