Germany Left-wing candidate Orsi wins presidential election in Uruguay

Left-wing candidate Yamandú Orsi has been elected as the next president of the small South American country in the run-off election in Uruguay.

"I will be a president who always calls for national dialog in order to find the best solutions," said the former head of administration of the department of Canelones. After almost all the votes had been counted, the former teacher received just under 50 percent of the vote, while his conservative rival Álvaro Delgado received around 46 percent.

The outgoing conservative president Luis Lacalle Pou wrote on the news platform X that he had called Orsi to congratulate him on his election victory. According to the newspaper "El Observador", his defeated party colleague Delgado said to his supporters: "Sadly, but without guilt, we can congratulate the one who won - sincerely and from the bottom of our hearts."

Orsi had announced that he would fight poverty and take decisive action against corruption. He would stand up for a society in which no one is left behind, he told his supporters after his election victory.

In Latin America, which is characterized by strong polarization, political violence and authoritarian tendencies, Uruguay with its almost 3.5 million inhabitants is considered a model democratic country. Since the return to democracy 40 years ago, center-right and center-left governments have alternated.

SDA