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Weekly Report - 15 May 2025 (WR-25-19)

URUGUAY: Elections stand out for notable absence

The most striking thing about Uruguay’s local elections on 11 May was a voter who did not turn up at the ballot box. At every election since the return to democracy in 1985 José Mujica had exercised his suffrage, voting as the polls opened, but on the advice of his doctors he sat this one out. Two days later he had passed away. Mujica, a former guerrilla who endured egregious cruelty as a prisoner during Uruguay’s military dictatorship (1973-1985) but would go on to become his country’s 40th president (2010-2015), transcended Uruguayan politics to win global fame and widespread acclaim for his humility and magnanimity as well as progressive policies.

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