Tag: partido nacional

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 23:53 UTC

  Uruguay's President Lacalle hits all-time high disapproval

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has reached an all-time high disapproval rating since taking office in March of 2020, according to a study from the consulting firm Cifra released Wednesday.

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

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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Uruguay presidential debate focused on economy and security ahead of the ballotage on November 24

  

  In a tense debate a week and little of the second round of the presidential election in Uruguay, on Wednesday night the candidates offered profound differences both in terms of economy, public security and the country's positioning in foreign policy mentioning the dictatorship of Venezuela.