Of course: With 100 percent of ballots counted, Frente Amplio (FA) candidate Tabare Vazquez has been elected to serve as Uruguay’s next president, beating his National Party challenger Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou by 53.6 to 41.1 percent. Because of the Frente’s surprising retention of its congressional majority in the first-round vote, the ex-president’s win means the ruling coalition will enjoy control of the legislative and executive branches until 2020. But while Vazquez will return to the presidency with a sizeable mandate, he will also have to confront some important obstacles over the next five years.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:01:00 +0000
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