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Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)
URUGUAY: Political debate over deteriorating security
Juvenile crime is rapidly becoming a major political issue in Uruguay. The opposition Partido Colorado (Colorados) is collecting signatures for a plebiscite on whether to lower the age of sentencing to 16 from 18. Both the leader of the less right-wing opposition Partido Nacional (Blancos), Jorge Larrañaga, and the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) have criticised the proposal. They are accusing the Colorados of politicising juvenile crime - the Colorados want the plebiscite to be held together with the next general elections in 2014 and appear to have chosen this issue as their flagship campaign policy.
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