Montevideo, 15 June 2011 Hon.

Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the United Nations Dear Secretary General, I kindly appreciate you could pay attention to the terms of the present note, hich is the result of the need to responsi!ly inform you on aspects of the recent history of "ru#uay, particularly relatin# to the statements you have made$ You're wrong Mr. Ban Ki-moon. %he &ead of the "nited 'ations con#ratulated the (resident of the )epu!lic on his *lifelon# leadership and commitment to democracy and a !etter +uality of life for the hole "ru#uayans$, -La Repblica Newspaper 06/15/2011). 'o, Mr$ Secretary General, your affirmation is not true at all$ Mu.ica, the (resident of the )epu!lic, as a mem!er of a terrorist #roup hich attempted a#ainst the democratic/repu!lican institutions of our country and he did so convinced that the ay throu#h the democratic practices did not ork$ &e as part of the leadership of a #uerrilla #roup hich attempted a#ainst our 0onstitution as ell as a#ainst the freedoms and human ri#hts$ &e killed, he #ave the order to e1ecute innocents, coldly decidin# it, as some of them stated, amon# them, his ife, Senator 2uc3a %opolansky, hen she relates the decision to kill (ascasio 45e6, hose story you can re+uest to your history and political advisers of country Mem!ers of the "'$ Durin# a decade, the #roup or !and called %upamaros, carried out terrorist activities, kidnapped people, keepin# them trapped in inhumane conditions$ Such human ri#hts violation as suffered !y am!assadors, !usinessmen, scientists, compatriots and forei#ners$ %hey carried out countless thefts, ro!!eries, riots, !om! attacks resultin# in deaths of innocents and su!stantial destruction of properties$ %he most valued #ood that they contri!uted to destroy as precisely the democracy$ %he person ho drafted the speech you ould deliver in "ru#uay at this time, did not inform you correctly, on the contrary, he7she misinformed you$ %hus, perhaps is the reason hy you have made the mistake e mentioned a!ove, such a mistake that !ecomes part of the *cleanin#, operation of the un+uestiona!le historical !ack#round of terrorism practiced !y the %upamaros of hich Jos8 Mu.ica has !een leader$ Such a mistake, made !y an important and influential personality like you, is a serious fla that offends the conscience and the truth of "ru#uay, causin# an irresponsi!le understandin# of our reality at the international level$

%hat the "ru#uayan society has made and still makes honest and hard efforts to overcome the tra#edies of the past, the violent confrontation, the #hosts of intolerance, is a merit of all compatriots$ 9nly a fe , a ay from the #reat ma.ority, su!.u#ated the society in #eneral ith terror$ :irst, those ho dreamed of comin# to po er le#itimi6ed !y tommy #uns and violatin# human ri#hts, and then those ho .ustified in that to #uide their #uns to destroy the )epu!lican coe1istence and to set up the dictatorship e suffered until 1;<=$ %his story has cost and still costs a lot> the ima#e of our "ru#uay of !ein# tolerant, respected in the international arena, protector of &uman )i#hts and :reedoms, is the capital of the entire "ru#uay, of all ho did not hesitate durin# its e1istence of the #uarantees offered !y the democracy, the e1ercise of popular soverei#nty !y votin# and the validity of the rule of la $ ?nd !y the stoicism and democratic virtue of our people, some of hom offended it in that time, can !e it rulers today$ %his, in the life of (resident Mu.ica and his %upamaro@s companions had at least a lapse of no less than ten years that you should kno $ %hen, that of (resident Mu.ica has not !een, as you stated, Aa lifelon# leadership and commitment to democracy$A :or the a!ove mentioned, that you can confirm ithout ma.or inconveniences, if you kno the history and the reality, e should mention you that you have made a mistake, and e respectfully tell you$

aime Mario !ro"o Mem!er of the &ouse of )epresentatives 2e#islative (o er / "ru#uay