Word: batllismo
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Special Blend. True to his background. Luis Batlle Berres carries on the special blend of liberal politics distilled by Uncle Jose. "Batllismo" is a pragmatic mixture of the welfare state and anticlericalism, seasoned with dignified friendship for the U.S. Under Batllismo, Uruguay disestablished religion so thoroughly that Christmas is now officially called "Family Day." The state runs banking, meatpacking, and fishing, sells insurance, operates the telephones, and provides free medical care and education (for qualified students) through university...
Batlle Berres' opponents, especially the wool and cattle barons of the interior, howl that this is Red socialism. But since under Batllismo Uruguay has Latin America's highest standard of living and no income tax, Uruguayans invariably vote for it. As for Communism, Batlle Berres opposes it with a technique that Uruguayans call "killing it with liberty." The Red vote dropped from 32,000 in 1946 to 17,000 in this month's election...
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