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Montevideo, May 9th 2025 - 13:19 UTC

Tag: National party

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 11:19 UTC

    Yamandú Orsi elected President of Uruguay, marking left's return to power

    Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse, the elected formula. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Uruguay has elected Yamandú Orsi of the Frente Amplio (FA) as its next president, bringing the left back to power after five years of conservative rule. Orsi secured 49.8% of the vote against 45.9% for Álvaro Delgado of the National Party, a margin of 92,000 votes, according to official results. The outgoing president, Luis Lacalle Pou, promptly congratulated Orsi, stating he was ready to facilitate a smooth transition.

  • Friday, June 28th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Uruguay’s internal elections: Key players and possible outcomes

    Delgado, Orsi and Ojeda lead the polls in Uruguay's three main parties.

    As the internal elections for Uruguay’s major political parties approach next Sunday, the consulting firm Opción Consultores has released a public opinion report evaluating the potential impact of voter turnout on the outcomes for the Frente Amplio (FA), Partido Nacional (PN), and Partido Colorado (PC). The report, released this Thursday, provides a detailed analysis of how varying levels of voter participation could influence the percentage of votes each pre-candidate might receive.

  • Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Uruguayan Senator against synthetic meat

    Da Silva insisted that laboratories producing synthetic meat increase global warming

    Uruguayan Senator Sebastián Da Silva (National Party) will push for the banning of the manufacture and import of artificial or laboratory meat because “Uruguay, as a cattle-raising country, has to be a pioneer in the fight against this type of laboratory protein, artificial, and must defend the real natural food,” it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Monday, August 30th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

    Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou not keen on a 2nd term in 2029

    In 2029 Lacalle will turn 56 and “be old” to run again

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said that “in 2029 I should be old” and downplayed his possible attempt at a new term in office. That year he will turn 56.

  • Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

    Uruguay president elect hopes pragmatism prevails over ideology in Mercosur

    “The tensions are clear,” Luis Lacalle Pou said after meeting with outgoing Uruguayan leader Tabare Vazquez. Image: Presidency

    Mercosur faces a tense future, the president-elect of Uruguay said on Monday, referring to a diplomatic spat between regional heavyweight economies Brazil and Argentina. Brazil’s right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s incoming leader, left-leaning Peronist Alberto Fernandez, have sparred openly.

  • Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

    Uruguay's incumbent candidate salutes president elect Lacalle Pou; transition talks begin next Monday

    Elected president Lacalle Pou and wife Lorena celebrate. (Image: Sebastián Astorga)

    Luis Lacalle Pou of the center-right National Party won Uruguay’s presidency after his rival conceded four days after a runoff election. A second vote count by the country's Electoral Court confirmed and widened the neck to neck difference between the president elect and the incumbent candidate

  • Monday, November 25th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

    Uruguay's presidential runoff results delayed because of the very tight results

    Lacalle Pou managed some 29.000 difference over Daniel Martinez. (Image: Sebastian Astorga)

    Uruguay Sunday's presidential runoff results have been so tight that the Electoral Court will only make a definitive announcement sometime late this week after it has completed counting all votes, including some 34.000, classified as “observed”. This is because the difference between the two candidates is some 29.000 votes.

  • Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:59 UTC

    Uruguay Sunday's presidential runoff, a multicolor power switching with strong winds of change

    Luis Lacalle Pou (left), who opinion polls anticipates up to 8% advantage over his rival for Sunday's runoff: Daniel Martinez (right), the incumbent and dullest candidate of leftist Broad Front

    This Sunday 2.7 million Uruguayans will cast their ballots in the presidential runoff, which according to all opinion poll forecasts, will have Luis Lacalle Pou, the leader of an opposition multicolor alliance as head of the Executive next March, but equally significant, power switching, it will mark the end of fifteen years of almost undisputed predominance of a catch-all coalition, Broad Front, which ruled South America's smallest country for three consecutive five-year mandates.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 23:41 UTC

    Uruguay presidential elections: Lacalle Pou would widely win, according to polls

    51% of the electorate would vote for the opposition candidate Lacalle Pou and 43% would vote for the ruling party candidate, Daniel Martínez.

    After a long election campaign, Uruguayans live the last days before the second round of the presidential elections, which will take place on Sunday, November 24. The latest polls before the ballotage positions the nationalist Luis Lacalle Pou as the next president of the country, breaking the hegemony of the left that the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) imposed in the last 15 years.

  • Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

    Winds of change in Uruguay: ruling coalition stumbles, next government will be “multicolor”

    With the former mayor of Montevideo as presidential candidate, the Broad Frond garnered 38% of the vote. Image: Sebastián Astorga

    Winds of change have swept in Uruguay. After fifteen years in office, and enjoying an absolute legislative majority, the Broad Front could lose control of the Executive on 24 November, when a runoff is scheduled among the two most voted candidates this Sunday.

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