Tag: Uruguay election

• 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.

• 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.