Is Uruguay Changing Too Slowly?
Last year AQ reported on Uruguay’s imperfect success story. This year an election will yield a verdict on the pace, and direction, of its reforms.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on Latin America's election super-cycle In his inaugural address in March 2020, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou set a benchmark for measuring his own government’s performance. “If by the end of my term, [Uruguayans] are freer [than today], we will have done things right,” he said. Now, as his term draws to a close and Uruguay prepares for elections in October, how has the country fared in approaching that goal Meet the candidates in Uruguay’s 2024 election Macro indicators show that Uruguay’s big...
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