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Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2014 (ISSN 1741-4431)
POLITICS: FA faces a fight as opposition resolve stiffens
Campaigning for general elections on 26 October is officially underway in Uruguay and the early signs are that the ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) will fall short of a legislative majority and might even struggle to secure a third consecutive presidential term. A scandal in the health sector could be sufficient to see voters strip the FA of its narrow majorities in both the lower chamber of congress and the senate. It will not in itself be enough to deny the FA’s presidential candidate Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) a second term in office but his rival in the right-of-centre opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, has already shown signs that he could be the FA’s most dangerous adversary yet.
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