Question

We have met several presidents with a center-left agenda (AMLO, Morales, Lulla/Roussef, Bachelet, Kirschner, Correa). From an economic point of view, none of them were as successful as José Mujica, former president of Uruguay. Can you mention some differences between the economic policy of Mujica and his colleagues?

Answer 1

Ans-economic policy of mujica is entire different .he is poorest president in world.

The international media have described him as "the most incredible politician" or indeed "the best leader in the world". Some have suggested he should win the next Nobel peace prize. He is also thought to be the world's poorest president, because he gives almost 90% of his income to low-income housing organisations. He is not very keen on such labels. "My definition of poverty is the one we owe to Seneca: It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, who is poor."

Predictably he is now the object of Mujicamania, sufficient to make some of his opponents forget he was once a guerrillero belonging to a movement that kidnapped people and robbed banks. Indeed his fellow-travellers are often among his harshest critics, mainly because he wouldn't support repeal of the amnesty for acts of torture committed under the dictatorship.

The US magazine Foreign Policy nevertheless included him in its leading global thinkers of 2013. "When Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez diedin March, many assumed that the resurgent Latin American left would die with the blustering populist in the red shirts [...] In breaking with Chávez's overt anti-Americanism and also with Latin America's deep-seated social conservatism, Mujica is pointing to a possible path forward for his comrades."

Mujica excelled on the campaign trail. At no point in the presidential campaign did he consider watering down his manifesto. Not once did he temper his discourse to attract opposition votes, a stance he later explained to the Brazilian weekly Carta Capital. "Even during summit meetings with world leaders," he explained, "leaders tell me I'm right. But nothing happens. That's why I go on repeating the same things. You have to persist and try to convince people." To which he added, with a smile: "I have the aggressive courage to speak out. It's not done in the modern world, where people conceal and disguise their feelings. Maybe that's why I get people's attention.Mujica argued that the measure would quell drug trafficking in a country where one-third of prison inmates serve time on narcotics-related charges. The decision, while unprecedented, is consistent with Uruguay’s legacy of socially progressive policies; the country legalized abortion in 2012, was among the first in Latin America to establish a welfare state guaranteeing free public education and has been a leader in women’s rights. The country, otherwise known for its soccer superstars, gained international visibility as a beacon of progressive ideals.