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September 23, 2024

What Issues Are Driving Uruguay’s Upcoming Election?

Uruguayans will cast votes for the country’s next president, as well as lawmakers, next month. In the presidential race, Yamandú Orsi of the leftist Broad Front coalition, is leading polls. // File Photo: Facebook Page of Yamandú Orsi.

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  • Uruguayans will go to the polls on Oct. 27 to select the country’s next president and vice president, as well as members of the country’s legislature. Polls show that opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi, a former mayor of Canelones and a member of the leftist Broad Front coalition, is in the lead, followed by Álvaro Delgado of the center-right National Party. Running in third place is media personality Andrés Ojeda, of the Colorado Party. What are the main issues that are important to Uruguayans in the upcoming elections? What plans are the leading candidates setting forth to address these issues? What events in the upcoming weeks might have the most impact on the election’s results?

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Michael Shifter, senior fellow and former president of the Inter-American Dialogue: “Although some have commented that Uruguay has lost a bit of its luster in recent years due to spreading crime and corruption scandals, the country is still in better shape than other regional countries on critical aspects such as consensual, democratic politics and sound, macroeconomic management. Despite policy differences among the three leading candidates in the upcoming election, Uruguayans are not facing the stark choices that, say, Argentines and Mexicans faced in their recent elections. Uruguay is still characterized by political comity and policy continuity, with some changes on the margins. Polls show that insecurity is the leading issue in this election (there is a popular referendum that would permit nighttime police raids at homes). Uruguay is not immune from…”

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