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Weekly Report - 5 June 2014 (WR-14-22)

URUGUAY: Vázquez cruises to victory in warm-up

President José Mujica urged voters to go to the polls on 1 June although he recognised that for many it was like “dancing with your sister” as “primary elections don’t get people excited”. The party primary campaign, to select presidential candidates for October’s elections, failed to capture the public imagination not so much because of the unappealing nature of a sororal salsa but because the prospective dance partners were of such different standards. As soon as former president Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) announced his intention to seek re-election he was a dead cert for the ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA), and his opponent, Senator Constanza Moreira, an also-ran. The opposition Partido Colorado (PC) primaries were also a non-event. Only the Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos) threw up a tight contest - and the result will shake things up for October’s real thing.

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