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history teacher Armandu Bearfrom left-wing parties wide frontbecoming the candidate with the most votes this Sunday Uruguay presidential electionbut failed to obtain more than 50% of the votes.
At 11:30 pm, the vote rate reached 49.85%. Orsi received 42.2% of the vote, while Alvaro Delgado of the ruling party received 31.3%. In this way, the “chosen man” of former president José “Pepe” Mujica will have to face his centre-right rival, the ruling National Party, next November. He was followed by Andrés Ojeda of the Colorado Party with 18.2% of the vote.
The Uruguayan people voted to elect the President and Vice President from 2025 to 2030, as well as 30 members of the Senate and 99 members of the House of Representatives. But since no presidential candidate received more than 50% of the vote, A runoff election will be held on November 24.
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Who is Pepe Mujica’s choice of Yamandú Orsi?
Armandu Ramon Antonio Orsi MartinezMujica, 57, the “dolphin” of popular former president José “Pepe” Mujica, voted this Sunday from a wheelchair after suffering complications from esophageal cancer.
Orsi was born in a rural area of Uruguay. in a house without electricitygrew up in the small town of Canelones and attended public schools.
Graduated in 1991 and worked as a history teacher He taught in high schools in the interior until 2005, when he began his career in the government of Canelones, first as secretary general of the commune for almost ten years and then as mayor for two terms.
He resigned to run in the June party elections and won with more than 60% of the vote, far ahead of Montevideo’s former mayor Carolina Cosse, who had the support of both communists and socialists. ‘s running mate.
As a young man, Shops for caring parents in Orsi He was also an altar boy and folkloric dancer in the Catholic Church. In 1989, he joined the popular participation movement launched by Mujica.
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Orsi was married twice, the last time to the mother of his 11-year-old twin children. A man with a gentle figure and an approachable style who said these words When I was a child I was afraid of the moon And he has been preparing to be president for a long time.
However, he failed to present a government plan before the election, sparking criticism from critics. He has also been questioned for not participating in debates or giving interviews to various media outlets.
“I want to be President and I will be President because I want to be responsible with the Broad Front team for delivering on these five fundamental commitments.”, he pledged at a large campaign closing event in Montevideo’s Butler Park.
Listing his five “concrete” pillars, Orsi said: “This can never be an era of carnival, an era of promises that later cannot be kept.” Dialogue, economic growth and stability, social protection, security and transparency.
In the second round, Orsi will face Álvaro Luis Delgado Ceretta, former Secretary to the Government of Luis Lacalle Pou55 years old.
Delgado had traveled the country with his friend Lacalle Pou to advance a political project, and before arriving at the Executive Building, Delgado served as General Inspector of the Labor Party, Deputy Councilor of the City of Montevideo and senator.
During the campaign, Delgado was called “caveman” and “tacky” for calling vice presidential candidate and former union leader Valeria Ripoll a “hottie.” The incident sparked memes and ridicule on social media. It was a “mistake” and an “unfortunate joke”he later admitted.
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Orsi and Delgado beat out nine other candidates eager to succeed Luis Lacalle Pou of the National Party, who leads the government coalition. The president has a 50% approval rating, but the constitution prohibits him from being re-elected.
Oshi Trust Return to presidential seats lost in 2020 left Three consecutive terms in power, one of which was led by Mujica (2010-2015).
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