A poster that promotes the candidacy of the departmental head appeared in the last hours in the emblematic Argentine Obelisk.
He Mayor of Canelones, Yamandú Orsi, surprised in the last hours with a poster promoting his presidential candidacy in the emblematic Buenos Aires’s Obelisk, with which the referent of the Broad Front (FA) took the first step of his campaign outside Uruguay.
The presidential candidate thus added a new step in his strategy in search of suffrage abroad, which includes the establishment of consular voting, when the President of the FA, Fernando Pereira, I travel to Argentina together with other leaders to implement an action plan.
It is in this framework that the installation of the poster takes place in the Obelisk of the avenues July 9 and Corrientes of the neighboring country, to strengthen the presence in a territory from where they can get close to vote many Uruguayans.
Although the percentage of citizens living in the neighboring country is not significant, can be key within the framework of a close election, such as the one that could take place next year if the polarization between the FA and the ruling coalition progresses.
Along the same lines, the FA insisted in December with a bill to guarantee the “right to exercise suffrage” considering that it is the only country along with Surinam not allowing non-residents to vote. In Uruguay, it is estimated that there are about 600 thousand people living outside the country, about 17% of the total population.
The surprise campaign comes on a weekend crossed by the exchange difference
Taking these factors into account, List 642, headed by Ruben Tribucio, launched a surprise campaign in support of Orsi in downtown Buenos Aires, taking advantage of the flow of thousands of Uruguayans crossing the border to Argentina due to the exchange difference and the end of the Winter Break.
It is that in the last hours the Dolar blue in the neighboring country, reaching the new all-time high of 522 pesos and marking a gap almost 97% with the official, which is a temptation for Uruguayans when traveling to shop, as happened last May and continued in the following months.
Source: Ambito
