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Brazil & Southern Cone - November 2014 (ISSN 1741-4431)

POLITICS: Vázquez lead looks unassailable

Former president Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) came close to securing a return to office in the first round of presidential elections on 26 October. The ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition triumphed in 14 of Uruguay’s 19 departments and, by the slenderest of margins, secured a majority in the lower chamber and the senate in the concurrent congressional elections. Vázquez heads into a run-off on 30 November against Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, of the main opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), needing to guard against hubris but conscious that the bald figures leave his rival relying on political vicissitudes to stand any chance.

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