Elections in South America
Left-wing candidate Orsi elected as new president of Uruguay
After an election campaign without tough conflicts, the ex-teacher brings the left back to power. Radical changes are not expected. Uruguay is considered a model democratic country.
The left-wing candidate Yamandú Orsi has been elected as the next president of the small South American country in the runoff election in Uruguay. “I will be a president who continually calls for national dialogue to find the best solutions,” said Canelones, the department’s former head of administration. “I will work hard and never let up to build the Uruguay we want.”
After almost all votes were counted, the former teacher received almost 50 percent of the vote, while his conservative competitor Álvaro Delgado received around 46 percent of the vote. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Paraguayan leader Santiago Peña and new Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum congratulated Orsi.
Outgoing President Lacalle Pou congratulates his successor
Uruguay’s outgoing conservative President Luis Lacalle Pou wrote on the news platform X that he had called Orsi to congratulate him on his election victory. According to the constitution, the popular incumbent was not allowed to run again.
“Sadly, but without guilt, we can congratulate the one who won – sincerely and with all our hearts,” Orsi’s conservative rival Delgado told his supporters, according to the newspaper “El Observador”: “In political life, elections are won and lost. It “It’s one thing to lose elections, it’s another to be defeated.”
Orsi had announced during the election campaign that he would fight poverty and take decisive action against corruption. He said to his supporters after his election victory that he would stand up for a society in which no one is left behind.
No tough arguments in the election campaign
Inflation in Uruguay is quite low, real wages have recovered and unemployment is low. The election campaign focused, among other things, on the security and economic situation – but the candidates refrained from tough arguments.
In Latin America, which is marked by strong polarization, political violence and authoritarian tendencies, Uruguay, with its almost 3.5 million inhabitants, is considered a model democratic country. Since the return to democracy 40 years ago, center-right and center-left governments have alternated.
dpa
Source: Stern
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