Uruguay’s Sunday runoff election may bring down the ruling party
In a first-round election Oct. 27, Uruguayans split their votes across four parties, failing to give any one presidential candidate an absolute majority. Voters now face a second-round election Sunday.
The runoff will play out in an increasingly unstable regional context, after months of protest and conflict in Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile. Here are four things to know.
1. The Oct. 27 election tested voters’ enthusiasm for the Broad Front.
Sunday’s runoff will see Daniel Martínez of the leftist Broad Front face off against Luis Lacalle Pou of the center-right National Party. Martínez won the first round with 39.02 percent of the vote, followed by Lacalle Pou’s 28.62 percent.… Seguir leyendo »