MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press Writer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Troops from Uruguay are regularly among U.N. peacekeeping forces deployed around the world, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is hoping to persuade that country’s new president to continue the support.
Jose Mujica, a former guerrilla leader, is the latest leftist president to be elected to a Latin American country. Clinton is scheduled to arrive Monday in Montevideo, Uruguay, as she begins a tour of the region and will meet with Mujica just hours before he’s sworn in.
Clinton’s five-nation weeklong trip is sure to focus on the earthquake in Chile, even as she tries to build support for fresh penalties against Iran.