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March 2, 2010

URUGUAY: New President Aims for Leap in Development

by Diana Cariboni, IPS, Italy - "I've been crying (tears of joy) since yesterday. It's amazing to see how an ordinary person made it so far," said 44-year-old María del Rosario Corbo, referring to Uruguay's new President José "Pepe" Mujica, who was sworn in Monday at the head of this South American country's second leftist administration.

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