Weekly Report - 04 October 2018 (WR-18-39)

Uruguay’s economy & finance minister, Danilo Astori, has confirmed that he will not seek the presidency for the ruling FA in 2019. Surrounded by senior members of the Frente Líber Seregni (FLS), the moderate FA faction which he leads, Astori said he had taken the decision after two months of reflection because of a “lack of support” in opinion polls. Only three days earlier the national pollster Equipos had showed Astori enjoying just 3% support from FA members among potential presidential aspirants, leaving him trailing in the wake of the incumbent mayor of Montevideo, Daniel Martínez, with 30%; former president José Mujica (2010-2015) on 24%; and cabinet ministers Carolina Cosse and Ernesto Murro (industry, energy, and mining, and labour respectively) on 5% apiece.

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