Tag: Tabaré Vázquez

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

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

  

  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, October 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay votes on Sunday with a strong forecast change in the air

  

  Uruguayans head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, 30 senators and 99 Lower House members. If none of the eleven presidential candidates manages 50% of cast votes plus one on 27 October, a runoff between the two hopefuls with most support is scheduled for 24 November.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay votes a criminal reform “Living without fear” to combat rising insecurity

  

  Uruguayans will pick a successor to President Tabare Vazquez on Sunday as well as voting on crime-busting constitutional reform to establish a national guard force and create full life terms for the most serious offenses.

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 17:37 UTC

  Uruguayan President Vázquez successfully completes first round of radiotherapy

  

  Doctors treating Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez of lung cancer Friday announced the 79-year-old head of state and an oncologist himself has completed the first round of radiotherapy treatment “with excellent tolerance.”

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay president announces a malignant growth in his right lung: it was detected on time, says personal doctor

  

  Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez announced on Tuesday that doctors detected a likely malignant growth in his right lung during a routine checkup. Vazquez, a 79-year-old former oncologist, said he would likely be hospitalized for a day or two while he undergoes additional exams to reach a definitive diagnosis.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 18:58 UTC

  Uruguayan Conservative Party integrates neo-Nazi member

  

  The political party of the former commander in chief of the National Army and candidate for president of Uruguay, Guido Manini Ríos, faces for the second time in a month an internal resolution on a member with a neo-Nazi past.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 12:48 UTC

  Uruguayan First Lady passes away at age 82

  

  María Auxiliadora Delgado, the wife of Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez, has died in Montevideo, the government announced in a statement.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

  

  The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Uruguayan President Vázquez underlines the importance of the EU deal for Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez Wednesday highlighted in the Argentine city of Santa Fe the partnership agreement reached in the first semester of the year with the European Union (EU) as a very important achievement for Mercosur after 20 years of negotiations, 39 formal meetings and many other informal ones, for which he thanked the technical teams involved.