RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Center-right candidate Luis Lacalle Pou received a majority of votes in Uruguay’s presidential elections.
After the revision of the votes in the poll last Sunday (24), Lacalle won in a very close contest against Daniel Martínez, candidate of the left coalition Frente Amplio (Broad Front). The inauguration will take place on March 1st, 2020.
The alternation of power with victory for such a tight result, defined vote by vote, shows that Uruguay is as divided as many other countries.
Almost half of Uruguayans preferred the continuation of the leftist government exercised by the Frente Amplio, Martínez’s party, which has been in power for 15 years.
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