Uruguay’s 15-year string of center-left governments is on the line as the Broad Front coalition faces a presidential runoff election challenge from a united opposition.
This combination of file photos shows presidential candidate of the Broad Front ruling party Daniel Martinez, left, on Oct. 20, 2019, and rival Luis Lacalle Pou, leader of the opposition National Party, on Oct. 22, 2019, both in Montevideo, Uruguay. Lacalle Pou, who lost the presidential runoff five years ago, held a noticeable though apparently single-digit lead over the Broad Front’s Daniel Martínez in polls heading into the vote on sunday, Nov. 24, 2019.
The National Party’s Luis Lacalle Pou, who lost the presidential runoff five years ago, held a noticeable though apparently single-digit lead over the Broad Front’s Daniel Martínez in polls heading into the vote. He’s attacked the administration of current President Tabaré Vázquez for a soft economy, reminding voters that the unemployment rate has risen to 9.2% and that more than 50,000 jobs have been lost in recent years. He has also hammered at rising crime in the country of 3.4 million people and has promised to rein in public spending to curb a rising deficit.
Martínez, a member of the Socialist Party, represents the more moderate and center-left wing of the Broad Front, which is a coalition of social democrats, communists, Christian democrats and former guerrilla members.Martínez earned the most votes in October’s first round, topping Lacalle Pou 39% to 29%. But the challenger managed to win the support of four parties that were knocked out by that balloting.
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