The Broad Front candidate is titled the winner of the runoff election in the Latin American country, alongside Carolina Cosse as Vice-President. In this context, we contact international law expert, Yvonne Tellez, to analyse the current political climate and the potential outcome for the region. teleSUR
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00:00And we continue informing about Uruguay.
00:03The Brawl Front has announced its candidate, Yamandu Orsi, has won the 2024 presidential
00:09elections runoff.
00:10More than 2,700,000 citizens were called to vote on Sunday's runoff presidential elections,
00:17where over 89% of them cast their ballots to choose their next leader.
00:24The win signifies the return of the left party to the Uruguayan presidency.
00:31The Brawl Front had three consecutive terms in office since 2004, but was succeeded by
00:37the right-wing National Party in 2019 with current president Luis Lacalle Pau.
00:43Leftist candidate Orsi obtained a free 3.9% of the votes in the first round of October,
00:50recovering his presence in the Congress.
00:52Orsi, together with his government, pledged to boost the country's economy, provide quality
00:57education and privatize labor, housing and health policies with an emphasis on social
01:04justice.
01:11And as the runoff presidential elections in Uruguay comes to a close, to deepen the analysis
01:17of the current political climate in the country and what the potential outcome will mean for
01:24the region, we welcome international law expert Yvonne Tellez.
01:27Hello, Yvonne.
01:28Welcome to From the South.
01:31Thank you very much for the invitation.
01:32Yeah.
01:33Can you tell us about how was the sphere and what's the perspective of these and expectations
01:40also of these elections in Uruguay?
01:45It's the first time, I think, that we see such tight elections in Uruguay.
01:50It was a photo finish, definitely.
01:54However, even though the Delgado was suiting for or sought for the idea of a good government
02:06and the idea of continuity, the results seem to have added not a surprise.
02:18I think it was not a surprise due to the first round of the elections in Uruguay.
02:24However, it shows that probably Uruguayans are a little bit more aligned with this kind
02:34of social focus and most state-centered vision that Orsi provided.
02:46I think Uruguay has shown a very strong democracy.
02:55According to Freedom House, it gained 96 over 100 percent of points regarding how they have
03:03rated their democracy.
03:06But even in this stability, it showed that Uruguay has probably favored a more station-centered
03:15view, maybe a more political-oriented view regarding the social stability of the state
03:27or the welfare state, rather than just continuing with the politics that we have right now.
03:40This doesn't mean, however, that Uruguayans were not satisfied with the results that Lacalle
03:47has reached, because he had won more than 50 percent of the approval.
03:57But this seems that maybe the image that Orsi has, the stronger relationship that he has
04:05with Mojica, his image as well, probably that could have helped him in this second round.
04:16Can you tell us about Alvaro Delgado recognizing the defeat in these presidential elections?
04:25I couldn't listen to the last part of the question, please.
04:29Can you tell us about Alvaro Delgado's defeat and recognizing the defeat in these elections?
04:37I think that what we have seen during this election round is that there has been a lot
04:44of respect.
04:45Uruguay has shown that they don't bring this kind of political violence that we can see
04:52in other countries in the region, such as, I don't know, Colombia or Argentina, probably
04:57Brazil as well, or maybe Mexico as well, regarding how politics approach each other.
05:03I think that the recognition comes in a way as showing the will of cooperation.
05:13We've seen as well that both candidates didn't show as many opposition regarding their promises
05:21or their government plans.
05:23They were kind of close, and that also was another issue that probably had a little or
05:31showed a little confusion between the electorate, because there was not much difference between
05:39their proposals.
05:40However, probably the main difference was how they were approaching them.
05:45I mean, where they were talking from, the standpoint.
05:49So I think that that shows that there is a very mature democracy.
05:54There is a very strong political stability and institutional stability.
06:00And I think that in this way, probably Uruguay can give us a lesson to all the region regarding
06:06how they are approaching this new government period that's coming ahead.
06:14Thank you, Yvonne, for your analysis and your explanations on these presidential elections
06:21that were held in Uruguay.
06:24Thank you very much for the invitation.
06:26Thank you for being with us.
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