Uruguay ousts conservative government, elects leftist opposition candidate as turnout hits 90 percent
Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi claims victory in Uruguay's run-off presidential election, defeating center-right candidate Álvaro Delgado.
Left-wing candidate Orsi wins Uruguay presidential election
Left-wing politician Yamandu Orsi was elected president of Uruguay, official results showed on Sunday, in a rebuke by voters of five years of conservative rule.- 'A very different world' - Orsi's victory will see Uruguay swing left again after five years of center-right rule in the country of 3.
Uruguay Chooses Leftist Yamandú Orsi as President in Historic Election
Leftist candidate Yamandú Orsi has won Uruguay 's presidency in a closely contested runoff election. Orsi's win ushers in a return of the Broad Front, the party that governed for 15 consecutive years until the 2019 election of center-right National Party President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Uruguay's Left Turns To Ailing Mujica As Election Talisman
Uruguay's ex-president Jose Mujica, a hero of the left but ailing at 89, has drawn on his last reserves to campaign far and wide for the man seen as his heir apparent ahead of elections Sunday.
Who is Yamandú Orsi, the next president of Uruguay?
Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing leader of the South American co
Left-wing candidate Yamandú Orsi wins Uruguay presidential election
Uruguay has elected Yamandú Orsi, the left-wing candidate of the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition, as its next president, ending five years of conservative rule. Official results confirmed Orsi’s victory in a tightly contested runoff election held on Sunday,
Uruguay’s Leftist Opposition Candidate Yamandú Orsi Becomes Country's New President
Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country's new president in a tight runoff election that ousted the conservative governing coalition
Uruguay’s conservative candidate concedes hard-fought presidential runoff to left-wing challenger
The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat after a tight runoff election, as the South American nation joined others aro
Uruguay's left-wing Yamandu Orsi wins presidential runoff
Supporters celebrate as left-wing candidate Orsi wins Uruguay presidential election
Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.
Uruguay's left returns to presidency as govt vows friendly transition
By Lucinda Elliott and Sarah Morland MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied,
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José Mujica’s left returns to power in Uruguay
Yamandú Orsi defeated the conservative candidate Álvaro Delgado in a race marked by civility. The outcome bucks the populist, ...
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Orsi, Uruguay's president-elect, visits mentor Mujica after run-off win
Frente Amplio leader Yamandú Orsi, who won last Sunday's presidential run-off plays up ties to ex-president Jose 'Pepe' ...
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Who is Yamandu Orsi, Uruguay’s next president?
Yamandu Orsi is set to be Uruguay’s next president, after the left-wing leader emerged as the winner of a weekend run-off to ...
Pepe Mujica, former president of Uruguay: 'Contemporary democracy is sick'
In an interview with Le Monde ahead of the second round of the country's presidential election on Sunday, November 24, the ...
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Mujica's physician describes former president's condition
Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica's physician Raquel Panone described the extent of her patient's cancer during a press conference in Montevideo. “Pepe has esophageal cancer.
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José ‘Pepe’ Mujica: ‘I dedicated myself to changing the world and I didn’t change a damn thing’
At 89-years-old, the former president of Uruguay has beaten cancer. In this interview with EL PAÍS, conducted at his home on ...
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Uruguayans vote in tight race for president
Uruguayans voted Sunday in what looks to be a tight election, with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose "Pepe ...
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Uruguay: Mujica makes last public political appearance
Battling esophageal cancer and age, former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica made what is believed to be his last public appearance this past weekend by showing up at a rally of “La ...