Weekly Report - 02 April 2020 (WR-20-13)

Spare a thought for President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou. No sooner had he taken office on 1 March than he was confronted with the most significant test of a Uruguayan head of state since the return to democracy in 1985. The economic and financial meltdown in 2002 was unprecedented in scale in Uruguay’s history but Lacalle Pou, fresh from donning the presidential sash, is having to wrestle not only with the most serious public health crisis of the last century but also one which will have a far-reaching economic impact both on Uruguay and all of its trade partners.