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notageek
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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:15 am Post subject: The world's 'poorest' president |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243493
| Quote: | It's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay.
Laundry is strung outside the house. The water comes from a well in a yard, overgrown with weeds. Only two police officers and Manuela, a three-legged dog, keep watch outside.
This is the residence of the president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, whose lifestyle clearly differs sharply from that of most other world leaders. |
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sikpuppy
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Voltago
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| sikpuppy wrote: | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_government_by_net_worth |
Funny how Mr Putin is suspicously absent on that list of wealthy heads of state yet suspiciously present on that photo.... |
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