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José Batlle y Ordóñez person

also: José Batel Ordóñez, Batel, Patel

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José Batlle y Ordóñez headed Uruguay book_quoted
“an Uruguayan garden, fate sent an idealist by the name of José Batel Ordóñez, a newspaper publisher who came to power in 1904 after punishing civil war. Perhaps as a consequence of seeing Uruguay divided, Batel had determined to treat the s…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 9 @ 50:08

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The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 9
▶ 50:08 an Uruguayan garden, fate sent an idealist by the name of José Batel Ordóñez, a newspaper publisher who came to power in 1904 after punishing civil war. Perhaps as a consequence of seeing Uruguay divided, Batel had determined to treat the s…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 9
▶ 50:34 But Uruguay's Italians did not settle nicely into those communities. They brought the new world and their militant syndicate ideas. With Patel's support, they created a powerful labor movement. Patel resisted relying on foreign capital to b…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 9
▶ 51:04 He fostered a benign statism with utilities and industries owned by the government, but incorporated as separate entities. Their goal was not to profit from them, but to keep prices low for their citizens. Patel sought to temper Latin Ameri…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 9
▶ 51:36 than anything else he had proposed. It was not until 1951 that Uruguayans at last agreed to be governed by the executive committee. During the first half of the century, Uruguay seemed to fulfill most of Battelle's utopian dreams. It was a …
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 9
▶ 59:29 The government of Uruguay was in fact undergoing changes very different from what the Tupamaros were promoting. Since 1950, Uruguay had been part of the International Monetary Fund. Bastards. Disregarding Battelle's admonition about getting…