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Weekly Report - 15 April 2010 (WR-10-15)

URUGUAY-CHILE: Mujica and Piñera pursue foreign agendas

Uruguay's President José Mujica and Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, who took office within 10 days of each other in early March, might have little in common ideologically but both are underlining their commitment to enhancing foreign ties in the region. In a sign of the importance he attaches to foreign relations, Mujica visited Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela in the first five weeks of his term. Piñera has been tied up with domestic preoccupations, conducting a peripatetic tour of southern Chile to visit areas affected by the serious earthquake which struck in February, but he too is keen to improve ties within the region, visiting Argentina and Brazil last week - although it is safe to say Caracas is not on his itinerary.

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