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Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2009 (ISSN 1741-4431)
URUGUAY: Mujica and Lacalle set for showdown
Uruguay's three main political parties will select their presidential
candidates in primary elections on 28 June. The contests in the ruling Frente
Amplio (FA) coalition and the main opposition Blancos have looked close for many
months. Recent opinion polls suggest that two candidates have now established
decisive leads: José Mujica, the octogenarian former Tupamaro guerrilla, in the
FA; and former president Luis Alberto Lacalle (1990-1995) in the Blancos. Pedro
Bordaberry will comfortably win the nomination for the Partido Colorado but only
Mujica and Lacalle stand any chance of winning October's presidential
contest.
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