Tag: Uruguay elections

• 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.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 21:54 UTC

  Uruguay Sunday’s general election: To a second ballotage and without parliamentary majority

  

  On Sunday, October 27, in Uruguay, a new president, and Parliament will be elected. According to pollsters, the same parties as in 2014, the official Frente Amplio (FA, Broad Front) and the conservative National Party, will go on second ballotage in November. However, the novelty is that the Legislature will be made up of a minimum of six parties (a historical record) and a maximum of nine.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay farmers gathered in Montevideo to protest against the government: clashes with the police

  

  Horses, tractors and hundreds of rural producers from all over the country gathered in front of the Uruguay Parliament on Thursday to denounce the problems that the agricultural sector is experiencing and criticize the government for not listening to the proposals of the Un Solo Uruguay (One Uruguay) movement. The political, non-partisan movement brings together producers and actors of the rural environment and the interior of the country.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay: No surprises in a primary with a record of candidates

  

  In a primary election full of new faces and overshadowed by accusations of “dirty” campaigns, there were no surprises in the results of the internal elections of Uruguay's main political parties, according to the data of the pollsters. Daniel Martínez (Frente Amplio), Luis Lacalle Pou (National Party) and Ernesto Talvi (Colorado Party) will represent the three parties with the greatest adhesion in the country, starting a new stage in the national elections in October.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay presidential election campaign takes off, following on Sunday's party primaries

  

  A former mayor of the city of Montevideo, and a Senator, head of the opposition are the most serious candidates to be elected the next Uruguayan president according to the results of the political parties' primaries held this Sunday. General elections in Uruguay are scheduled for the end of October, and a month later a runoff in case no candidate manages a 50% majority of votes cast.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay holding presidential primaries on 30 June: three main candidates outstand

  

  The last Sunday of June Uruguay will be holding presidential primaries when political parties will be choosing their candidates for the coming election scheduled for next October. There are over a dozen hopefuls, but only three, maybe four or five can be considered sufficiently strong as to be taken into account. After all from one of these parties will come the next president of Uruguay, since there is no consecutive reelection in Uruguay.