The article is short on facts and doesn't use quotes. Typical Associated Pukes. So we don't know what he said. And, believe me, the Associated Pukes are fully capable of screwing LatAm leftists with these and other corporate 'news' tactics. They did it to Hugo Chavez all the time. They are scumbags.
It's wise to wait for other sources on LatAm leftist leaders' statements. There are a lot of corporate reasons for hating Mujica and his government-run marijuana system, not the least of which is that it cuts out Monsanto & brethren. So I would wait on all aspects of this subject--from the details of the new law to what he might have said to the Associated Pukes. For instance, we DON'T KNOW if he said "addicts." It is not in quotes. NONE of his statements are in quotes!
Mujica seems to be quite a remarkable leader. He and his wife grow flowers for a living, have accumulated no wealth, and own almost nothing. They are very thoughtful, very well-informed, very progressive people. Mujica is simply not a "super authoritarian" or fascist. Indeed, he is the last leader on earth that I would use those words to describe.
If there is any truth at all to the gist of this impressionistic Associated Pukes knifing of Mujica--that is, if the new law has a tracking system and that is what he was talking about--it is likely that, a) he's trying to get the law passed (or its regs accepted) against corpo-fascist opposition (by emphasizing this aspect of it), and/or, b) he's trying to anticipate corporate 'news' knifings before his meeting with the head of the Big Corporate State. (The behind-the-scenes battle at that meeting will include not only extremely intense lobbying by Monsanto et al, and by "war on drugs" boondogglers, but will also include the peace negotiations in Cuba between the Colombian government and leftist guerrilla groups, i.e., ending that 70 year civil war--a war that the U.S. has used to militarize and brutalize Colombia as prep for U.S. "free trade for the rich." Mujica was called in, as an outside negotiator, to help with those talks.)
Beware, beware of the Associated Pukes and their shilling for corporate and military interests! They are without scruples when it comes to the most popular and strongest anti-U.S. corporate/military leaders in LatAm. I suspect that Mujica thought he could outwit them. Bad mistake, giving them an exclusive interview--in my opinion. You can't outwit the unscrupulous.
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