Politics

Generally, I steer clear of politics on this blog--my vast ignorance coupled with an almost total lack of interest makes politics a difficult subject. However Uruguay had something interesting come out of its civil war in the early 20th century. The war led them to establish a "Collegiate Executive Office" which elected a new president every year. I like the sound of that! It worked so well that Uruguay was considered the Latin America Switzerland with terrific freedoms in banking and business. Yay Uruguay!  Too bad, a power hungry military coup called the Tupamores upset everything in the 60's. Now--and this is why I don't like politics---I'm confused. The civilians took the nation back in the 1960's and now, according to the internet,  Uruguay is among the most free of the latin countries. Great, except in the next sentence it says that in 2004 a coalition which INCLUDED the Tupamores won elections and they are now in control of both houses of congress, the presidency and most of the regional and city governments. Ouch.  The situation now is...? I don't know, and I'm probably going to be too lazy to find out, so going back to the only concept I really grasp---a new president every year. Sounds refreshing and it sounds like it worked.