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this is just an opinion poll thing.

referencing the development of South Africa, Do you think that the British left us to ourselves too early?

Would we have fared better - infrastructure wise etc.

whats your take?

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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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.

President Mujica has shunned the luxurious house that the Uruguayan state provides for its leaders and opted to stay at his wife's farmhouse, off a dirt road outside the capital, Montevideo.

The president and his wife work the land themselves, growing flowers.

This austere lifestyle - and the fact that Mujica donates about 90% of his monthly salary, equivalent to $12,000 (£7,500), to charity - has led him to be labelled the poorest president in the world.

"I've lived like this most of my life," he says, sitting on an old chair in his garden, using a cushion favoured by Manuela the dog.

"I can live well with what I have."

His charitable donations - which benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs - mean his salary is roughly in line with the average Uruguayan income of $775 (£485) a month.

In 2010, his annual personal wealth declaration - mandatory for officials in Uruguay - was $1,800 (£1,100), the value of his 1987 Volkswagen Beetle.

This year, he added half of his wife's assets - land, tractors and a house - reaching $215,000 (£135,000).

That's still only about two-thirds of Vice-President Danilo Astori's declared wealth, and a third of the figure declared by Mujica's predecessor as president, Tabare Vasquez.

Elected in 2009, Mujica spent the 1960s and 1970s as part of the Uruguayan guerrilla Tupamaros, a leftist armed group inspired by the Cuban revolution.

He was shot six times and spent 14 years in jail. Most of his detention was spent in harsh conditions and isolation, until he was freed in 1985 when Uruguay returned to democracy.

All the president's wealth - a 1987 VW Beetle



Those years in jail, Mujica says, helped shape his outlook on life.

"I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more," he says.

"This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself," he says.

"I may appear to be an eccentric old man... But this is a free choice."

The Uruguayan leader made a similar point when he addressed the Rio+20 summit in June this year: "We've been talking all afternoon about sustainable development. To get the masses out of poverty.

"But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left?

"Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet."

Mujica accuses most world leaders of having a "blind obsession to achieve growth with consumption, as if the contrary would mean the end of the world".


http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201211/97322.php

i'm very interested.

where is the vehicle located? i need to come inspect.

is the engine really bad ...or the man above is just joking?

Thanks for the call..see you on Saturday.

very interested, where in Lagos is it located?

i have 720k cash (sent you a text)

Hi, where is the location if this Mini Van?...im interested.

Please put up a picture of the Dodge caravan 2000 model ................... N950k

I'm interested.

bruv...picture nah..you know the deal.

hurry as a friend is set to pay for something similar today. (if yours is better, then the money might just come to you)

BUT


Pictures please.

Chanchit: The funny part is that his wife is also in this crazitivity spree. I knw the wife will still come and tell us there's a SAMSON in her.

....Who ever, you are that wrote the above....you are not normal... ....i almost broke my knee when i feel off my office chair with laughter when i read your comment...haba..easy nah.






Classic.

Nah wah oh...

once Muslim person get headache..the Christians take the blame...
if a Muslims child falls ill, a christian is definitely behind it...
if you take a Persian rug to the beach for picnic, you have insulted Islam becos a "prayer" mat should be keep "holy"

haba...nah only una dey ...?? haba ...una no dey tire??...

atheist - bud-dist and co there there... even Illuminati...all attacking the christian God in all manner of ways..Una here any christian talk??..

NOOO...why because , God is not a Man, If he is a powerful as Christians claim he is...HE WILL FIGHT HIS BATTLES HIMSELF...he does not need me or you to punch the man standing next to you on his behalf.

Make una sef let una God fight for himself..

after all, you go to him for blessing...peace.. prosperity....why not add revenge to it??...pray to him to take revenge on thing YOU find offensive about him OR is prophet (who is first a MAN oh, but nobody dey remember that side)

....bros...no vex oh...the price funny small...becos i prize tokumbo 3 days ago at 1.140m

Online Pictures?...where is the physical car itself?

Jodesky: Did you say N1.3m ?

LOL...it must be definitely stolen then..

1.3 koh ....13k Niii

where is the vehicle located?..would like to come see it.

i'm interested. whats your least price for the car?

location please...need to arrange a test drive.

bro...it haff take style tey oh...sell this moro nah...where is located?...i wan come see and test drive.

but you go come down small for price oh...because, we go repaint for new look, change number to new number plate so e no ge resemble your own again...and do some small small things too..you sabi nah...

the car look quite neat for a 2 year old in Naija...whats the best price for it..very intrested

whats the millage of this nice Mitsubishi?

is this car Naija used?...kindly upload larger pictures.

Quest Seller, the number quoted is going to voice-mail oh..

cleanheart: A nissan altima 2003 for sale..very clean...it belongs to my mom ,we love the car but due to her traveling abroad we wana sell the car..leather seats,auto tracker,18 inch alloy rims,spoiler,ac...its going for 750...call me on 08053737842 if intrested...

dude, start your own thread with pictures if you are for real...shikena.

Nice ride...very nice.

Bruv, sorry for your loss. hopefully you will learn from it.."hopefully"

for what ever reason...never hit a woman...(that's when she decided to stop loving you...her returning to you after the incident was a rebound on her part thinking she could still love you again like she used to...but apparently, she could not)

she is with someone else now...trust me...another guy has taken your position. forget pastor say this or that...dat was the format she could use to discharge you that you wouldn't react adversely...(she is scared for her life) if she had just returned the ring with just the fact that she is no more interested in the relationship, are there any guarantees that you wouldn't have attempted to beat her again?

my advice...pick urself up and move on..cos she has..

where is the location..i'm interested.

and YES..i have bought cars of Nairaland auto before both from reputable and fresh/unknown dealers..

just play it smart and you would get a good deal. its not a bad place to do business. just be wise as the serpent + fox...and smart is the tortoise.

shikena.

Frauddd!!!

E don happen...no be small thing oh..

following the thread, i can confidently say that...ICME has whacked the 400k no doubt. all that "story" about one car..two car with inspired nah loooooong thing. if it was me...(call me stupid) but i will chase this case with 1 million and wont flinch, its would be no more about the cash for me...i will find this guy...forget...when push comes to shove. That firstbank account is where i will start from...Boson, i believe that you still have the deposit slip and debit alert...Guy. (take 2 weeks off work - enter Lagos) i know some baaaaad aszz SARs boys at Police commissioners office in ikeja...those guys will perform wonders with 50k....Magic with 100k.. trust me...you will be shocked. The Fistbank branch Manager will pay/ the branch BHOP will pay IF they don't they don't produce the address of the account holder) Guy bone...nah money them take dey find money...the last Jobman wey i treat in F-up don permanently cripple..the second die for cell...guy..NO MERCY.

You guys shouldn't scare me oh...i have most of my funds with GTB oh...(abeg make i move 60% to FCMB for now) i just dey fear as i dey read all these testimonies

deshclones: O boy I checked her out too...chic is outright fat and annoyinly unattractive..trying to upload her pics..will do that in a bit..educated morafuckher indeed.

WOW!!!! Amya... i got to hand it to you...you have a thick skin(no porn intended)...and from your diction...you sound rather educated. BUT not justified...you gat a job..you are kinda fulfilled...why else would you keep contact with a family members EX...??..it doesn't sit well...in any way you try to look at the scenario.

just walk away from all this and let it go.

please. _{you sound rather smart...i'm sure you will do the right thing.}^{EXCEPT that you are just yanking everyone's chain.}

why would a SINGLE guy put you in a HOTEL ROOM...are you sure that he is single??