Uruguay: 72-Year-Old Jorge Batlle Wins Country's Presidential Run-Off Elections

Record ID: 4127

  • Title: Uruguay: 72-Year-Old Jorge Batlle Wins Country's Presidential Run-Off Elections
  • Date: 28th November 1999
  • Summary: Painting himself as a pillar of economic stability and keeping the centre-right Colorado Party in power for another five years, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle won the South American country's presidential runoff election. The 72-year-old senator, making his fifth bid for the presidency, took 54 percent of the vote in the November 28 runoff election, after 71. 5 percent of the official vote counted. The son and great nephew of respected Colorado presidents, Batlle largely won the race by forging an alliance with the National Party and painting his rival from the centre-left opposition as a danger to the small country's relative economic stability. The election was fourth since Uruguay emerged from a 12-year dictatorship in 1985.
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  • Location: URUGUAY MONTEVIDEO
  • Reuters ID: LDL0012BYBANF
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