'I will not invite Maduro to my inauguration,' says Uruguay's ruling party candidate

Record ID: 1858745

  • Title: 'I will not invite Maduro to my inauguration,' says Uruguay's ruling party candidate
  • Date: 24th November 2024
  • Summary: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY (NOVEMBER 24, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE ARRIVING AT POLLING STATION WITH CHANTS OF “PRESIDENT,” WAVING AT SUPPORTERS DELGADO ENTERING POLLING STATION, TAKING PHOTOGRAPH WITH SUPPORTER DELGADO SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS DELGADO SHOWING ID CARD TO OFFICIALS DELGADO WALKING TO BOOTH DELGADO BEHIND BOOTH VARIOUS OF DELGADO WALKING
  • Embargoed: 8th December 2024 17:45
  • Keywords: Alvaro Delgado Luis Lacalle Pou National Party Republican Coalition Uruguay Yamandu Orsi election president presidential election
  • Location: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
  • City: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
  • Country: Uruguay
  • Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001216124112024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT COMPLEMENTS EDIT 1881-URUGUAY-ELECTION/DELGADO-VOTE.
    Uruguay’s ruling party candidate, Alvaro Delgado, said he would not invite Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, to his inauguration if he wins the second-round race in Sunday’s (November 24) contested presidential election.
    Delgado spoke to the media outside the polling station in Montevideo where he cast his vote, stating that he had spoken with Venezuela’s opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
    Delgado declared Venezuela’s July 28 presidential vote to be fraudulent, a claim contrary to the Venezuelan election officials' and top court's assertion of Maduro's victory. The opposition maintains that tallies collected by its observers demonstrate a clear victory for Gonzalez.
    The vote in the small nation of 3.4 million people sees opposition center-left candidate Yamandu Orsi take on continuity Delgado, who has the backing of a third-placed ally.
    Final opinion polls suggest the Nov. 24 runoff promises to be razor tight, with fewer than 25,000 votes potentially separating the frontrunners.
    (Production: Alejandro Obaldia, Horacio Soria, Anna Portella)
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