Uruguay

  • Yamandú Orsi voted next president of Uruguay

    26 November, 2024

    Yamandú Orsi, candidate of the Frente Amplio, will be Uruguay’s next president, having defeated Álvaro Delgado of the Partido Nacional with 49.8% of the vote. Orsi expressed gratitude to his party’s supporters while also addressing ⇢

  • Orsi and Delgado Vie for the Presidency in a Tight Race

    22 November, 2024

    This Sunday, Uruguay will vote to choose its next president. The race will be decided between Yamandú Orsi of the opposition Frente Amplio and Álvaro Delgado of the ruling Partido Nacional, who seeks to replicate Lacalle Pou’s 2019 victory ⇢

  • General elections in Uruguay: Orsi wins the first round and will face Delgado in the runoff

    29 October, 2024

    With 99.92% of the votes counted, Frente Amplio candidate Yamandú Orsi finished first with 43.9%. As he did not reach 50%, a runoff will be held against Álvaro Delgado from the ruling Partido Nacional, who secured ⇢

  • General elections in Uruguay: Frente Amplio leads but may not be able to avoid a runoff election

    25 October, 2024

    On October 27, Uruguay will go to the polls to elect its next president for the 2025-2030 term. In addition, the entire Congress will be renewed: 99 seats in the House of Representatives and 30 in the Senate. With Luis Lacalle Pou out of the race, ⇢

  • “Opening up the national debate is already a triumph”: a lowdown on the LUC referendum in Uruguay

    11 April, 2022

    Any comprehensive assessment of Uruguay’s March 27 referendum – where citizens got the final say over whether to repeal 135 articles of a new flagship law being pushed by the government – should look beyond the turnout and the ‘yes vs no’ ⇢

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