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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Voters in the small South American nation of Uruguay cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election in which a center-left rural mayor pulled firmly ahead of the conservative ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Who is Yamandu Orsi, Uruguay's new 'modern left' president?
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Uruguay's new president-elect Yamandu Orsi, whose political ambitions were galvanized by his experience growing up in a dictatorship, was the pollsters' narrow favorite to win ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Uruguay Votes as Left-Wing Opposition Eyes Return to Presidency
Yamandu Orsi, presidential candidate for the Broad Front party, speaks during an election night rally in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Photographer: Mauricio Zina/Bloomberg It’s the ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate becomes country's new president
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country's new president in a tight runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Ratify Mercosur or risk losing South America to China, Uruguay warns EU
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Montevideo's foreign minister, Mario Lubetkin, talks about the Mercosur trade agreement, Uruguay's political options and Trump's attempts at imposing his will ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Polls open in stable Uruguay in a vote free of political hostility seen elsewhere in the region
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Polls opened in the small South American nation of Uruguay on Sunday in an election race between moderates that defies regional trends of bitter division and democratic ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Uruguay’s Orsi Faces Pitfalls at Home and Challenges Abroad
Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi speaks at a press conference, in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 2, 2025 (DPA photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka via AP Images). Yamandu Orsi was sworn in as Uruguay’s president ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Politics: Moscow looking to boost ties with Montevideo as Uruguay stays out of sanctions fray
"We are ready for the further strengthening of cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats in order to implement the existing potential in the fields of economy, science, education and culture," ...