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Encounter Quarterly: Winter 2005
Uruguay Elects Socialist as President
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Uruguay President Dr.
Tavaré Vázquez. |
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - On October 31,
2004, Uruguay elected Socialist Dr. Tavaré Vázquez
to serve as President. Dr. Vázquez led a coalition
of leftist political groups that included communists
and former guerillas. The coalition’s emphasis on
social policy over economic policy helped garner a
narrow 51% majority that avoided a run-off election.
The election marks the first time that the left has
gained power in Uruguay. The rise of left-leaning
political groups in Uruguay echoes a trend seen in
other recent Latin American presidential elections
in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela.
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