SWING TO THE RIGHT:AFP, MONTEVIDEOUruguay’s long-dominant leftist ruling party was facing defeat in a presidential election runoff yesterday as the small South American country prepared to swing to the right. A win for the right would “reflect a trend in the region of voters rejecting the incumbent party over disappointing results,” he said. “Voters are tired of economic stagnation, high unemployment and rising crime since the end of the commodity supercycle and will look to Mr Lacalle Pou for improvements,” Wood told reporters. The latest polls showed Lacalle Pou at 51 percent, ahead of the 43 percent for Martinez. Uruguay has long been considered a bastion of peace and stability in an often turbulent region.

Source: Taipei Times November 24, 2019 15:56 UTC