“It’s very likely that the best thing that Uruguay has is its politics: the strength of its institutions, and its parties, its civic culture. Lacalle Pou, a 46-year-old lawyer and a former senator, comes from political stock. He also says that Uruguay is confronting a public safety crisis, in which 2018 saw a record 414 homicides. Martínez earned the most votes in the first round in October, topping Lacalle Pou 39% to 29%. The Broad Front lost the majority that it has counted on in the last 15 years to the new alliance Lacalle Pou has assembled.

Source: thestar November 21, 2019 20:48 UTC