Uruguayans head to polls with left hoping for comeback
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Montevideo: Uruguayans headed to the polls Sunday, with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex president Jose Pepe Mujica hoping to reclaim the count...
Montevideo: Uruguayans headed to the polls Sunday, with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose "Pepe" Mujica hoping to reclaim the country's top job five years after a right-wing victory driven by concerns over crime and taxes.
Former history teacher Yamandu Orsi of the leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) is going head-to-head with ex-veterinarian Alvaro Delgado of the National Party, a member of outgoing President Luis Lacalle Pou's center-right Republican Coalition.
"I hope the country will continue to develop and won't stagnate," one voter, 32-year-old photographer Valentina Barreiro, told AFP after casting her ballot.
"As long as things improve here in Uruguay and it stays afloat, that's enough for me," said another, 34-year-old meat industry worker Nicolas Clavijo.
Although Clavijo voted for the Frente Amplio, he said "both (coalitions) have good and bad proposals."
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