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Uruguay's Economy Challenges the New Government

Feb 28, 2015 | 14:15 GMT

Uruguay's Economy Poses a Challenge for the New Government
Wheat is unloaded from a combine harvester into a tractor at a wheat field near the Uruguayan city of Mercedes.

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Low commodity prices and tensions within Mercosur will hamper the new government's efforts to reverse the country's economic slowdown....