Yamandú Orsi, the candidate for the leftist Frente Amplio (FA), became the next president of Uruguay after obtaining almost 49.8% of the votes in the presidential runoff last Sunday. Delgado acknowledged his defeat, and President Luis Lacalle Pou congratulated the winner. The victorious candidate beat Delgado by more than 95,000 votes in what was expected to be a very close race. Acknowledgments by Lacalle Pou and DelgadoPresident Lacalle Pou and his former chief of staff Delgado acknowledged Orsi’s victory as soon as his winning trend was deemed irreversible. Thinking about what is coming, the former Secretary of the Presidency warned: “Elections are won and lost, one thing is losing elections and another is being defeated.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald November 25, 2024 13:55 UTC