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Next week Uruguay will celebrate the final round of presidential elections. It appears to be that the conservative candidate, Lacalle Pou (son of Luis Lacalle, president 1990-1995), will win over Martinez, left wing successor of Pepe Mujica and actual president Tabare Vazquez. The left (socialist) party “Frente Amplio”, has been in charge of the country for the last 15 years.
Due to the regional tension: Chile / Bolivia / Venezuela, a change “from left to right” in Uruguay’s political leadership is a bit delicate; specially since this round is a ballotage between two candidates that got around 35-45% each in the last round. (In Uruguay a candidate needs to have 50%+1 to win; otherwise, there is ballotage).
I really hope democracy wins overall, no matter which candidate becomes Uruguay’s president. Respect and tolerance are concepts that have weakened a lot in the last decades, and I really don’t want Uruguay to follow the trend of its neighbors.
- uh democracy will always win if you just go by the votes. democracy is mob rule duh.********
- uh democracy will always win if you just go by the votes. democracy is mob rule duh.