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He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again?

The Washington Post · last updated

When Ramón Méndez Galain’s phone rang in 2008, he could hardly believe who was on the other end of the line.

It was the president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, and he was calling with an offer: Would Galain, a self-described simple university professor, be interested in serving as the country’s energy secretary?

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