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1. Uruguay

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 12:28 PM

Dec 2020

Yes indeed, I was posted in Montevideo for 3 years and it is definitely a little-known gem. It has a long and proud history of progressive democracy, higher literacy rates than all its neighbors, amazing culture and friendly people. It’s unlike any of its unstable neighbors who go from crisis to crisis. It’s simply a model of stability.

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Another of Nature's 10: Uruguay's Gonzalo Moratorio: Coronavirus hunter [View all] NNadir Dec 2020 OP

Uruguay rso Dec 2020 #1

Thank you. It does seem like a far more civilized country than the US. NNadir Dec 2020 #2

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Any country where people accost scientists in bars to buy them beers out of gratitude... NNadir Dec 2020 #4