Uruguay ousts conservative government, elects leftist opposition candidate as turnout hits 90 percent
Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi claims victory in Uruguay's run-off presidential election, defeating center-right candidate Álvaro Delgado.
Uruguay Elects Leftist Yamandú Orsi President, as Conservative Continuity Candidate Concedes
The candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed for the past five years conceded defeat after a tight runoff, as Uruguay joined others around the world in rebuking the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.
Center-right Candidate Alvaro Delgado Concedes Uruguay Election
Center-right candidate Alvaro Delgado on Sunday conceded defeat in Uruguay's presidential election after his leftist opponent Yamandu Orsi won the closely-fought poll that saw voters turn away from five years of conservative rule.
Uruguay: Yamandu Orsi declares victory in Uruguay's presidential election
Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi from the Broad Front coalition wins Uruguay's presidential election in a second-round run-off vote against Alvaro Delgado of the National Party on Sunday. His triumph marks a return to power for the Broad Front coalition after five years of a conservative government.
Uruguay's left-wing Yamandu Orsi wins presidential runoff
Uruguay's left-wing opposition Broad Front candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in Sunday's presidential runoff, besting Alvaro Delgado of the conservative ruling National Party.
Uruguay's Orsi: From The Classroom To The Presidency
Uruguay's next president is a former history teacher who swapped the classroom for local government -- and will now lead the nation of 3.4 million following his Sunday win at the polls.
Former history teacher Yamandú Orsi wins Uruguay election
A left-wing former history teacher, Yamandú Orsi, has won the presidential election in Uruguay. Orsi beat Álvaro Delgado, the candidate for the governing conservative coalition, by more than three percentage points in Sunday's run-off.
Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country's new president
Even as the vote count continued, Álvaro Delgado, the presidential candidate for the center-right ruling coalition, conceded defeat.
Uruguay Chooses Leftist Yamandú Orsi as President in Historic Election
Leftist candidate Yamandú Orsi has won Uruguay's presidency in a closely contested runoff election. Orsi's win ushers in a return of the Broad Front, the party that governed for 15 consecutive years until the 2019 election of center-right National Party President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Left-wing candidate Orsi wins Uruguay presidential election
Left-wing politician Yamandu Orsi was elected president of Uruguay, official results showed on Sunday, in a rebuke by voters of five years of conservative rule.
Uruguay's center-left candidate wins presidential election
The result in Montevideo follows a trend of victories for anti-incumbency candidates in Latin America, and a regional leftward turn.
Uruguay's Alvaro Delgado Hopes to See off Leftist Presidential Challenger
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguayan Alvaro Delgado, a 55-year-old former senator and the conservative ruling coalition's ...
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Ruling party candidate Delgado casts vote in Uruguay's tight runoff
Conservative presidential candidate Alvaro Delgado cast his vote on Sunday (November 24) in Uruguay's capital city of ...
Left-wing opposition candidate wins tight presidential election in Uruguay
Uruguayans are returning to the polls for a second round of voting to choose their next president. In Sunday's election, the ...
Uruguay votes for next president in closely fought runoff race
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Voters in South America's laid-back Uruguay, known for its beaches, legalized ...